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: 20-13 / in Starts: 20-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1936 Pitching Game Log

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1936 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	397	4	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	L,0-8	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	8	4	2	2	1	0	5.14	5.46	32	11	12	0	3	5	37			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	3	.74	-0.222	1.86	-0.34%	-3.65	1t start tie	7t 3 out d8
2	398	9	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	W,10-6	GS-6	W(1-1)	5	5.1	11	6	3	2	1	1	0	5.11	5.91	28	6	11	1	0	8	27			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	-0.025	3.06	-0.04%	-1.30	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a3
3	399	13	Apr 28	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.95	4.53	30	7	17	0	3	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.657	3.57	1.23%	5.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	400	17	May 2	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	CG	L(2-2)	3	9.0	9	6	5	5	1	0	0	3.56	4.60	40	14	12	1	3	8	43			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.31	-0.285	4.72	-0.62%	-0.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
5	401	22	May 8	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	L(2-3)	5	9.0	9	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.43	4.61	38	10	12	2	2	8	59			0	0	0	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	.96	0.178	3.63	0.41%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
6	402	27	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	4	1	1	5	4	0	0	2.98	4.52	34	14	7	1	0	4	74			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.411	3.58	0.92%	4.89	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
7	403	32	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(3-4)	5	9.0	6	4	4	3	6	1	0	3.14	4.50	35	16	4	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.100	7.32	-0.30%	1.77	1b start tie	10b --- 0 out d1
8	404	38	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(3-5)	5	8.0	9	5	3	1	1	1	0	3.17	4.57	32	9	12	2	3	9	48			0	1	0	30	4	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.011	6.00	0.04%	0.44	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
9	405	42	May 30(2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.91	4.53	30	8	16	1	0	1	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.333	3.02	1.07%	4.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	406	45	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,11-1	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.70	4.42	34	12	14	1	2	4	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.225	3.47	0.75%	4.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
11	407	49	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG(16)	W(6-5)	3	16.0	10	4	3	6	0	0	0	2.54	4.42	63	25	22	3	3	10	82			0	0	0	56	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.85	1.363	10.86	4.80%	5.96	1t start tie	16t 3 out tie
12	408	53	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,9-6	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	6	6	5	5	2	2	0	2.74	4.67	38	10	15	1	0	6	50			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.00	0.129	5.95	0.46%	-0.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	409	55	Jun 17(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,15-4	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	13	4	4	5	0	0	0	2.84	4.70	43	11	16	3	6	11	40			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.056	5.07	0.20%	1.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
14	410	60	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-4		3	3.1	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	2.98	4.82	18	3	7	0	1	6	34			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.148	4.31	-0.45%	-2.15	1b start a 2	4b 123 1 out a3
15	411	65	Jun 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	W(9-5)	5	9.0	11	6	6	3	5	1	0	3.19	4.80	40	6	16	3	0	10	43			2	0	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.161	4.32	0.45%	-0.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	412	70	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-5)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.99	4.65	35	5	14	0	2	7	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.503	4.98	1.47%	5.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	413	74	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS-3	L(10-6)	3	2.2	7	6	5	0	1	0	0	3.25	4.61	15	1	6	0	1	7	23			0	1	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.278	3.14	-0.55%	-4.60	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d6
18	414	76	Jul 10	NYY		CLE	W,18-0	SHO	W(11-6)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.05	4.53	35	8	15	2	6	7	74			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.23	0.178	.95	0.45%	5.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a18
19	415	81	Jul 15(1)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	L(11-7)	4	9.0	10	5	5	3	4	2	0	3.16	4.63	38	9	13	1	0	9	48			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.082	4.00	-0.28%	0.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
20	416	87	Jul 19(1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	10	3	3	3	10	0	1	3.15	4.52	41	8	9	0	1	10	62			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	.66	0.170	2.58	0.40%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
21	417	92	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(13-7)	5	9.0	7	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.15	4.50	40	14	12	1	0	6	59			1	0	0	34	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.61	0.455	9.06	1.54%	2.94	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
22	418	97	Jul 29	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	GS-7	W(14-7)	3	7.0	8	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.12	4.46	31	4	14	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.127	.69	0.25%	1.49	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a10
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	419	102	Aug 4	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(15-7)	5	9.0	9	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.07	4.48	35	9	13	1	5	9	61			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.530	2.36	0.58%	4.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	420	107	Aug 10	NYY		WSH	L,4-13	GS-2	L(15-8)	5	1.2	5	6	6	3	0	1	0	3.32	4.59	11	2	1	0	0	5	18			0	1	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.382	.66	-0.14%	-4.89	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d5
25	421	110	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	GS-5	L(15-9)	3	4.0	10	7	7	1	1	2	0	3.57	4.70	23	5	6	1	0	10	14			1	0	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.373	.52	-0.14%	-4.15	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d3
26	422	116	Aug 19	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	W(16-9)	4	9.0	8	4	4	2	1	1	1	3.59	4.73	37	12	13	0	2	8	54			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.277	.46	0.09%	1.42	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
27	423	119	Aug 23(1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	W(17-9)	3	8.0	7	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.58	4.77	34	13	7	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.30	0.240	.31	0.03%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
28	424	124	Aug 28(1)	NYY		DET	W,14-5	CG	W(18-9)	4	9.0	16	5	4	4	4	0	0	3.60	4.73	46	13	9	0	2	16	37			0	0	1	42	2	0	0	0	0	1	.38	0.144	.05	0.01%	0.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	425	130	Sep 2	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(18-10)	4	10.0	9	4	4	3	9	1	0	3.60	4.69	41	9	14	4	3	6	64			1	1	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.101	.00	0.00%	2.22	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
30	426	138	Sep 7(2)	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(19-10)	4	9.0	6	3	2	1	5	0	0	3.54	4.61	34	12	11	0	1	5	69			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.286	.00	0.00%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	427	143	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,1-10	CG(8)	L(19-11)	4	8.0	12	10	10	4	3	0	1	3.79	4.60	40	7	17	2	1	8	17			0	0	0	35	5	1	1	1	0	0	.51	-0.179	.00	0.00%	-4.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d10
32	428	148	Sep 20(1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-6	CG	L(19-12)	7	9.0	11	6	6	3	6	2	0	3.86	4.64	39	8	11	0	4	11	44			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
33	429	153	Sep 25	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG(10)	W(20-12)	4	10.0	12	5	4	1	2	2	0	3.85	4.69	41	12	14	0	2	12	51			0	1	0	40	0	1	0	3	0	1	1.43	0.216	.00	0.00%	1.22	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
							20-13		W-L:20-12	4.0	271.0	274	133	116	90	103	23	3	3.85	4.69	1151	0.80		5%	8%	250	52		---%	6	9	1	1043	51	8	6	20	0	15	.99	4.600	3.26	12.30%	38.08

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