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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	10-27 / in Starts: 5-17
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 55 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	26 (17-7-2)
Avg. MLBer w/ 55 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	36 (18-11-6)

Most Driven In
T Rigney	1
F Haney	1
B Regan	1
J Bischoff	1
Self	1
A Gaston	0

Most Driven In By
T Rigney	3
B Jacobson	2
Self	1
P Todt	1
S Rosenthal	0

1926 Batting Game Log

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1926 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	46	2 (1)	Apr 14	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.67	-0.060	3.54	-0.08%	-0.56	P
2	47	6 (3)	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.81	-0.023	1.77	-0.03%	-0.30	P
3	48	9 (2)	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.07	-0.059	2.63	-0.09%	-0.49	P
4	49	11 (1)	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
5	50	15 (3)	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.56	-0.030	.80	-0.03%	-0.38	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	51	18 (2)	May 3	BOS		WSH	L,2-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.16	-0.050	1.56	-0.04%	-0.54	P
7	52	23 (4)	May 8	BOS		CLE	L,4-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.73	-0.021	.64	-0.01%	-0.24	P
8	53	26 (2)	May 13	BOS		DET	L,10-13	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9						P
9	54	28 (1)	May 16	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9						P
10	55	31 (2)	May 20	BOS		CHW	L,4-13	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9						P
11	56	33 (1)	May 22	BOS		CHW	W,14-8	5-GF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9	1.21	-0.052	.30	-0.01%	-0.40	P
12	57	37 (3)	May 25 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9						P
13	58	38	May 26	BOS		NYY	L,8-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	9	.73	-0.019	.08	0.00%	-0.16	P
14	59	40 (1)	May 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	60	44 (3)	Jun 2 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9	1.76	-0.041	.09	0.00%	-0.37	P
16	61	48 (3)	Jun 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	9	.63	-0.033	.02	0.00%	-0.35	P
17	62	50 (1)	Jun 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	9						P
18	63	55 (4)	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.167	.294	.461	9	3.51	0.430	.01	0.00%	2.66	P
19	64	58 (2)	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.167	.294	.461	9						P
20	65	61 (2)	Jun 21	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	6-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.150	.263	.413	9	2.96	-0.163	.01	0.00%	-0.72	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	66	69 (7)	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-5	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.143	.250	.393	9	.48	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.01	P
22	67	72 (2)	Jul 3 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-8	5-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.136	.238	.374	9	1.66	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
23	68	75 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.200	.292	.492	9	.81	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.43	P
24	69	80 (4)	Jul 10 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-4	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.192	.222	.308	.530	9						P
25	70	83 (2)	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.207	.286	.493	9	.55	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
26	71	86 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.207	.286	.493	9						P
27	72	88 (1)	Jul 20	BOS		CHW	L,2-13	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.207	.286	.493	9						P
28	73	91 (2)	Jul 22	BOS		SLB	L,4-5	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.194	.267	.460	9	1.82	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
29	74	93 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,14-9	7-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.219	.323	.541	9	.57	0.050	.00	0.00%	1.00	P
30	75	97 (3)	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	9	1.49	0.200	.00	0.00%	1.65	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	76	101 (3)	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.216	.256	.324	.581	9	1.27	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
32	77	105 (3)	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.244	.308	.552	9	1.16	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-0.96	P
33	78	113 (7)	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.227	.286	.513	9	.64	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-1.02	P
34	79	121 (7)	Aug 18	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.234	.289	.523	9	.45	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	80	144 (22)	Sep 12 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.191	.224	.277	.501	9						P
36	81	147 (2)	Sep 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.231	.280	.511	9	.72	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
37	82	151 (3)	Sep 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.226	.275	.501	9	.80	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
							10-27		55	51	8	10	1	0	1	5	2	0	12	0	2		1		0	0	.196	.226	.275	.501		1.13	-0.135	.43	-0.28%	-2.24

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