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: 15-9 / in Starts: 15-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	573	1	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	1.29	30	4	17	0	0	3	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.329	1.56	0.52%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
2	574	7	Apr 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.00	1.74	38	9	20	1	5	7	51			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.067	1.37	-0.12%	0.25	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
3	575	13	Apr 28	NYY		SLB	L,1-3	CG	L(2-1)	6	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.33	1.74	36	6	18	1	6	8	61			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.015	3.54	0.03%	1.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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	576	18	May 3(1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	7.2	10	4	4	4	4	0	0	2.86	1.93	36	12	6	0	0	10	43			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	.82	0.085	1.94	0.12%	-0.69	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a2
5	577	23	May 10(1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	W(4-1)	6	9.0	4	3	2	1	7	0	0	2.68	1.70	33	6	17	0	0	2	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.079	4.49	0.18%	1.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
6	578	28	May 17(1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(4-2)	6	8.0	8	4	4	2	8	1	0	2.96	1.82	32	3	11	0	0	8	56			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.55	-0.178	2.46	-0.48%	-0.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
7	579	33	May 24	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS-6		6	5.0	11	6	5	1	2	0	0	3.49	1.82	28	4	10	0	1	11	24			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.414	5.00	-1.20%	-3.26	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out a1
8	580	39	May 30(1)	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	GS-8	W(5-2)	5	8.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	1	3.20	1.92	32	6	12	1	0	6	67			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.291	4.23	0.89%	2.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
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
9	581	46	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-2)	6	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	1.91	30	11	15	0	2	3	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.373	4.14	1.20%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
10	582	53	Jun 14(1)	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	W(7-2)	7	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.61	2.03	34	3	19	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.186	2.74	0.48%	3.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	583	61	Jun 21(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(7-3)	6	8.2	10	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.66	2.18	35	7	13	0	4	10	53			0	1	0	33	3	0	2	2	0	0	1.52	-0.408	8.55	-1.38%	0.30	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out d1
12	584	67	Jun 28(1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(7-4)	6	8.0	14	6	6	3	0	0	0	2.99	2.26	40	11	12	1	0	14	27			0	0	0	35	1	0	2	0	0	0	.73	-0.319	3.13	-0.83%	-2.31	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d4
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
13	585	73	Jul 4(1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	8	3	3	4	3	2	0	2.99	2.54	39	9	15	1	0	8	58			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	2	.84	0.241	6.97	1.20%	1.46	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
14	586	80	Jul 12(1)	NYY		DET	L,4-6	GS-7	L(8-5)	7	6.1	10	6	6	3	2	0	0	3.30	2.56	30	5	10	0	0	10	28			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.411	7.69	-1.38%	-2.89	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d1
15	587	89	Jul 19(2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	SHO	W(9-5)	6	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.06	2.50	31	6	17	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.197	1.86	0.37%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
16	588	95	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(10-5)	6	9.0	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.98	2.52	35	13	13	2	0	7	63			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.353	1.93	0.34%	2.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
17	589	101	Aug 1	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	GS-5	L(10-6)	5	4.2	10	7	7	1	4	1	0	3.34	2.56	25	3	7	0	0	10	19			0	0	0	24	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	-0.406	1.06	-0.25%	-4.88	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d5
18	590	107	Aug 10(1)	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	CG	L(10-7)	8	9.0	5	4	4	1	4	0	0	3.38	2.49	32	6	16	0	0	5	64			0	1	0	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.074	.69	-0.03%	0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
19	591	115	Aug 17	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-0	SHO	W(11-7)	6	9.0	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.19	2.43	32	11	10	2	3	8	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	.37	0.140	.14	0.03%	4.25	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a15
20	592	122	Aug 23(1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-7	GS-9		5	8.0	11	6	6	3	5	1	1	3.36	2.51	37	3	14	0	0	11	38			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.157	.49	-0.04%	-1.25	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
21	593	128	Aug 30(1)	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	W(12-7)	6	9.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.24	2.52	34	6	20	0	1	5	76			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	.52	0.271	.82	0.26%	3.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
22	594	135	Sep 6(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-9	GS-	W(13-7)	6	6.1	11	6	6	2	2	1	0	3.43	2.59	30						27						28					0
23	595	143	Sep 13(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	W(14-7)	6	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.31	2.56	35	5	17	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.092	.00	0.00%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
24	596	149	Sep 20(1)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GS-6		6	6.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	1	3.25	2.60	23	3	10	0	2	4	63			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.168	.00	0.00%	1.80	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
							15-9		W-L:14-7	5.9	193.2	183	72	70	41	80	10	3	3.25	2.60	787	0.48		2%	5%	166	57		---%	1	3	0	734	30	3	6	14	0	4	.85	0.386	2.86	-0.07%	22.70

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