Red Ruffing

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: May 3, 1905 in Granville, IL us

Died: February 17, 1986 in Mayfield Heights, OH

Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Bedford Heights, OH

Debut: May 31, 1924 (Age 19-028d, 6,005th in major league history)
vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 15, 1947 (Age 42-135d)
vs. BOS 7.0 IP, 12 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 7 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1967. (Voted by BBWAA in Runoff Election on 266/306 ballots)
View Red Ruffing's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Charles Herbert Ruffing

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

68.6

273

225

ERA

3.80

624

538

4344.0

1987

WHIP

1.341

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-29 / in Starts: 11-23

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 3

1928 Pitching Game Log

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1928 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	109	5	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	11	6	6	2	2	1	0	6.75	4.91	35	36	0	2	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.34%
2	110	8	Apr 19(1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.00	4.81	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.87	0.16%
3	111	11	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	W(1-1)	2	9.0	10	5	5	4	5	1	0	5.50	4.75	39	48				35	1	1			0
4	112	15	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	CG	L(1-2)	7	9.0	7	4	4	3	1	0	0	5.00	4.44	36	55	1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.42	0.04%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	113	19	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	L(1-3)	4	8.1	11	5	5	5	2	2	1	5.09	5.24	40	38	0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.59	-0.29%
6	114	24	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.67	4.84	34	59	0	1	0	29	3	0	0	2	0	0	.90	0.10%
7	115	27	May 15	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.05	4.62	34	72	0	1	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.26%
8	116	31	May 21(2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-4)	5	8.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.96	4.69	33	62	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.38	-0.04%
9	117	34	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-4)	3	9.0	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.45	4.50	36	67	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.42	0.12%
10	118	37	May 30(1)	BOS		PHA	L,1-8	GS-5	L(4-5)	4	5.0	7	6	5	3	2	0	1	3.82	4.50	27	30	1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	2	.22	-0.07%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
11	119	40	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	1	3.74	4.38	36	62	0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.04%
12	120	41	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5			3	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.90	4.37	6					5					0
13	121	44	Jun 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	L(5-6)	2	11.2	10	2	2	5	4	0	0	3.62	4.28	50	70				43	2	1			0
14	122	48	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-6	L(5-7)	3	6.0	8	5	4	2	1	0	0	3.76	4.24	31	37	0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	3	.09	-0.02%
15	123	52	Jun 19(2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-16	GS-	L(5-8)	4	1.0	6	7	5	1	0	0	0	4.15	4.26	11	16				10					0
16	124	55	Jun 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(5-9)	2	8.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.94	4.22	30	67	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.05	0.01%
17	125	59	Jun 27(1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(6-9)	4	9.0	4	1	1	6	6	0	0	3.72	4.18	36	75	1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.08	0.01%
18	126	64	Jun 30(2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-7	CG	L(6-10)	2	9.0	12	7	7	3	10	1	0	3.95	4.12	41	42	0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.01%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
19	127	68	Jul 2(2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-4	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	4.10	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.00%
20	128	70	Jul 4(1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(6-11)	1	8.0	9	5	4	4	2	1	1	3.94	4.22	37	44	1	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.01%
21	129	74	Jul 7(2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4		L(6-12)	2	6.1	3	1	0	2	8	0	0	3.77	4.10	25					21					0
22	130	77	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	GS-7	L(6-13)	2	7.0	10	4	4	0	2	0	0	3.83	4.02	31	43	2	0	0	28	3	1	0	0	2	0	.01	0.00%
23	131	82	Jul 16(1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	L(6-14)	5	9.0	12	4	4	3	5	0	1	3.84	3.98	41	49	3	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
24	132	87	Jul 21(1)	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(7-14)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	0	0	1	3.74	3.98	33	67	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
25	133	90	Jul 24	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	9-GF	BS(1)	2	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.77	3.96	5		1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
26	134	93	Jul 26(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(7-15)	1	8.0	10	4	4	5	3	0	0	3.81	3.97	38	44	3	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
27	135	96	Jul 28(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.78	3.99	7		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
28	136	99	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-	L(7-16)	2	7.0	12	7	6	2	1	0	0	3.93	3.97	33	26				30					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
29	137	105	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(8-16)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.79	3.90	31	79	0	2	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
30	138	109	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	GS-7	L(8-17)	4	7.0	6	5	2	3	3	1	1	3.75	3.97	32	51	1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
31	139	113	Aug 14	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(8-18)	3	9.0	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.68	3.93	37	59	0	0	0	35	3	0	1	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	140	115	Aug 16	BOS		CLE	L,8-10	9-GF	BL(8-19)	1	1.0	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	3.70	3.94	8		0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
33	141	118	Aug 20	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	CG	L(8-20)	3	9.0	12	6	6	4	4	0	0	3.79	3.92	42	39	0	1	0	35	1	1	0	0	2	1	.00	0.00%
34	142	123	Aug 24	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(9-20)	3	9.0	9	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.69	3.91	35	64	2	2	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
35	143	127	Aug 28	BOS		SLB	L,6-8	CG(11)	L(9-21)	3	11.0	11	8	6	2	6	0	0	3.74	3.84	48	51	0	0	0	42	6	1	1	0	1	3	.00	0.00%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
36	144	131	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-14	GS-2	L(9-22)	3	1.1	5	6	6	3	1	0	1	3.94	3.88	13	18	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	145	132	Sep 3(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-8	4-GF(8)		1	5.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.90	3.85	19		0	0	0	18	2	0	1	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	146	134	Sep 7(1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-1	CG	L(9-23)	3	9.0	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.76	3.80	33	76	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
39	147	140	Sep 10	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS-5		2	5.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	3.76	3.80	21	51	2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
40	148	141	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(9-24)	4	8.0	8	4	2	0	5	0	1	3.71	3.75	33	59	2	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	.00	0.00%
41	149	146	Sep 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(10-24)	5	9.0	9	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.66	3.71	37	62	0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
42	150	150	Sep 27(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-14	CG	L(10-25)	5	8.0	17	14	12	4	8	0	0	3.93	3.68	45	0				41	5	1			0
							13-29		W-L:10-25,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.0	288.1	303	147	126	97	119	8	10	3.93	3.68	1247	51	20	13	0	1101	62	9	3	13	9	18	.33	-0.02%

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