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	22-26 / in Starts: 16-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 116 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	84 (40-30-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 116 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	78 (39-24-14)

Most Driven In
T Lazzeri	4
Self	3
B Chapman	1
B Dickey	1
L Lary	1
M Hoag	1

Most Driven In By
B Ruth	4
Self	3
J Sewell	3
L Lary	1
B Chapman	1
J Reese	1

1931 Batting Game Log

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1931 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	290	1	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.84	0.063	2.12	0.10%	0.03	P
2	291	5 (3)	Apr 19	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.41	-0.110	3.95	-0.19%	-0.82	P
3	292	9 (3)	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.455	.636	9	.90	0.038	2.90	0.07%	1.21	P
4	293	11 (1)	Apr 26	NYY	@	WSH	L,7-9	3-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.500	.714	3	.91	0.015	2.94	0.03%	-0.09	RF
5	294	12	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.533	.800	8	2.44	0.075	7.73	0.14%	0.29	PH
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	295	19 (6)	May 5	NYY		WSH	W,18-8	3-GF	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.526	.842	9	.05	0.004	.15	0.01%	0.49	P
7	296	21 (1)	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.526	.842	9						P
8	297	23 (1)	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.304	.304	.478	.783	9	.19	0.015	.70	0.03%	0.42	P
9	298	28 (4)	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.292	.458	.750	9	1.70	-0.117	6.15	-0.25%	-1.28	P
10	299	31 (2)	May 24	NYY		PHA	L,3-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.280	.440	.720	9	2.13	-0.043	11.51	-0.14%	-0.43	P
11	300	32	May 25 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.308	.500	.808	2	2.28	0.151	11.90	0.47%	0.90	PH
12	301	36 (3)	May 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.467	.767	9	1.22	-0.079	5.16	-0.20%	-0.71	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
13	302	41 (4)	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.290	.452	.742	9	1.66	-0.049	4.50	-0.08%	-0.25	PH
14	303	42	Jun 4	NYY		SLB	L,6-8	GS-4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.500	.813	9	.94	0.060	2.30	0.09%	0.63	P
15	304	46 (3)	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.294	.294	.471	.765	9	1.11	-0.075	2.39	-0.10%	-0.92	P
16	305	50 (3)	Jun 15	NYY		DET	L,5-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.294	.471	.765	9						P
17	306	52 (1)	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.270	.270	.432	.703	9	.24	-0.026	.23	-0.02%	-0.77	P
18	307	53	Jun 21 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,7-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.421	.684	9	1.30	-0.039	1.26	-0.02%	-0.27	PH
19	308	55 (1)	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.421	.684	9						P
20	309	58 (2)	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.262	.262	.405	.667	9	.24	-0.030	.19	-0.01%	0.26	P
21	310	63 (4)	Jun 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.256	.395	.651	8	.23	-0.006	.24	0.00%	-0.67	PH
22	311	64	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-15	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.386	.636	9	2.45	-0.069	2.65	-0.05%	-0.84	P
23	312	66 (1)	Jun 30	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.244	.378	.622	8	1.96	-0.051	1.63	-0.03%	-0.19	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
24	313	71 (4)	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.245	.388	.633	9	1.97	-0.161	2.10	-0.10%	-0.50	P
25	314	75 (3)	Jul 10	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	14-GF(14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.240	.380	.620	7	5.19	-0.131	9.27	-0.14%	-0.60	PH
26	315	76	Jul 11	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.226	.358	.585	9	.36	-0.029	.47	-0.02%	-0.49	P
27	316	81 (4)	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	L,8-9	GS-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.241	.426	.667	9	.78	0.116	.74	0.07%	1.00	P
28	317	87 (5)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		DET	W,9-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.259	.448	.707	9	.78	-0.019	.20	0.00%	-0.22	P
29	318	89 (1)	Jul 24	NYY		DET	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.271	.458	.729	9	2.37	0.075	.58	0.01%	0.28	PH
30	319	92 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,22-5	GS-8	5	5	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.500	.813	9	.29	0.058	.04	0.01%	3.10	P
31	320	95 (2)	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	L,12-14	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.500	.813	9						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
32	321	99 (3)	Aug 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.328	.328	.507	.836	9	1.38	0.095	.16	0.01%	0.43	P
33	322	105 (5)	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.314	.486	.800	9	1.00	-0.084	.20	-0.01%	-1.15	P
34	323	106	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.310	.479	.789	9	3.55	-0.082	1.11	-0.02%	-0.38	PH
35	324	109 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-13	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.301	.466	.767	9	1.28	-0.046	.07	0.00%	-0.62	P
36	325	111 (1)	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.297	.297	.459	.757	9						PH
37	326	114 (2)	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.308	.308	.500	.808	9	2.11	0.786	.02	0.00%	2.74	P
38	327	117 (2)	Aug 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.308	.500	.808	9						P
39	328	119 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.325	.518	.843	9	.19	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-1.38	P
40	329	124 (4)	Aug 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.314	.500	.814	9	1.39	-0.108	.01	0.00%	-0.98	P
41	330	127 (2)	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.314	.500	.814	9						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
42	331	129 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.322	.500	.822	9	.28	0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.01	P
43	332	133 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.319	.319	.500	.819	9						P
44	333	137 (3)	Sep 11	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.316	.495	.811	9	3.66	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-0.53	PH
45	334	138	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.309	.309	.485	.794	9	1.93	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-0.93	P
46	335	144 (5)	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,17-0	CG	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.314	.500	.814	9	.43	-0.059	.00	0.00%	0.88	P
47	336	150 (5)	Sep 21	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.330	.505	.835	9	.67	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.75	P
48	337	154 (3)	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.330	.336	.505	.841	9						P
							22-26		116	109	14	36	8	1	3	12	1	0	13	0	6		2		0	0	.330	.336	.505	.841		1.00	-0.012	1.37	-0.34%	-1.61

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