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	21-24 / in Starts: 18-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 117 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	79 (45-18-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 117 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	79 (40-24-14)

Most Driven In
B Dickey	3
T Lazzeri	2
D Heffner	2
Self	2
S Byrd	1
A Jorgens	1
G Selkirk	1
L Lary	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
B Ruth	2
L Gehrig	2
F Crosetti	2
G Selkirk	2
R Rolfe	1

1934 Batting Game Log

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1934 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	448	2 (1)	Apr 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	.45	-0.039	1.02	-0.05%	-0.53	P
2	449	6 (3)	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	9	.92	-0.071	2.62	-0.12%	-0.68	P
3	450	11 (4)	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.583	.833	9	1.28	0.149	3.90	0.27%	1.68	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
4	451	15 (3)	May 5	NYY		DET	W,10-6	GS-7	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.333	.571	.905	9	.31	0.033	1.15	0.07%	0.64	P
5	452	20 (4)	May 10	NYY		CHW	W,13-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.556	.956	9	.36	0.091	1.46	0.22%	1.64	P
6	453	25 (4)	May 18	NYY	@	DET	L,8-10	GS-5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.348	.476	.824	9	.91	-0.076	4.63	-0.23%	-0.86	P
7	454	30 (4)	May 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-14	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.417	.724	9	1.15	-0.099	4.82	-0.25%	-1.01	P
8	455	34 (3)	May 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,7-16	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.385	.670	9	.45	-0.024	2.06	-0.07%	-0.41	P
9	456	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.276	.370	.646	2	3.47	-0.101	15.81	-0.28%	-0.34	PH
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
10	457	40 (3)	Jun 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-8	2-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.258	.345	.603	9	1.97	-0.026	7.45	-0.06%	-0.33	P
11	458	44 (3)	Jun 6 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.286	.394	.680	9	1.76	0.026	7.94	0.07%	-0.03	P
12	459	51 (6)	Jun 16	NYY		DET	W,8-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.289	.389	.678	9	.74	-0.002	4.39	-0.01%	0.11	P
13	460	54 (2)	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.282	.378	.660	9	3.57	-0.094	23.22	-0.37%	-0.25	PH
14	461	56 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.326	.415	.740	9	.68	0.092	3.73	0.30%	1.30	P
15	462	60 (3)	Jun 24	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.386	.691	9	.48	-0.054	2.04	-0.14%	-1.02	P
16	463	64 (3)	Jun 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.396	.716	9	.84	0.134	4.42	0.42%	1.58	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
17	464	67 (2)	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	L,9-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.314	.388	.701	9	1.05	-0.027	5.85	-0.09%	-0.25	P
18	465	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.308	.380	.688	2	1.30	-0.040	7.21	-0.13%	-0.27	PH
19	466	71 (2)	Jul 6	NYY		WSH	L,8-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.291	.358	.649	9	1.71	-0.179	9.61	-0.60%	-1.23	P
20	467	76 (4)	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.271	.333	.605	9	.89	-0.101	7.91	-0.54%	-1.10	P
21	468	79 (2)	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.271	.333	.605	8						P
22	469	81 (1)	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,14-15	GS-5	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.274	.383	.658	9	1.62	0.080	9.02	0.27%	0.65	P
23	470	83 (1)	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	9-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.266	.371	.637	9	3.86	-0.203	19.07	-0.60%	-0.82	P
24	471	87 (3)	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.242	.265	.364	.628	9	.93	0.104	5.32	0.36%	1.46	P
25	472	93 (5)	Jul 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.261	.358	.619	9	.40	-0.011	2.38	-0.04%	-0.12	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
26	473	97 (3)	Aug 2	NYY		BOS	W,12-4	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.284	.375	.659	9	.73	0.110	4.43	0.40%	0.49	P
27	474	102 (4)	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.284	.375	.659	9						PH
28	475	103	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-9	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.293	.384	.677	9	.44	0.015	2.62	0.06%	0.28	P
29	476	109 (5)	Aug 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.282	.368	.650	9	1.54	-0.126	11.65	-0.57%	-0.89	P
30	477	113 (3)	Aug 18	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.268	.350	.618	9	1.21	-0.126	4.20	-0.26%	-0.80	P
31	478	118 (4)	Aug 22 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.265	.346	.611	9	1.39	-0.041	4.86	-0.09%	-0.25	PH
32	479	119	Aug 23	NYY		CLE	W,9-2	CG	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.287	.357	.644	9	.50	0.089	1.66	0.18%	1.04	P
33	480	120	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.284	.353	.637	9	1.95	-0.051	7.15	-0.11%	-0.25	PH
34	481	123 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.275	.341	.616	9	.75	-0.056	2.48	-0.11%	-0.85	P
35	482	127 (3)	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.266	.330	.596	9	.51	-0.042	1.12	-0.05%	-0.68	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
36	483	128	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.263	.326	.589	2	1.67	-0.039	4.26	-0.06%	-0.50	PH
37	484	129	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.260	.323	.583	3	.09	-0.002	.14	0.00%	-0.38	PH
38	485	131 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-10	4-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.255	.316	.571	9	.80	-0.040	1.43	-0.04%	-0.78	P
39	486	132	Sep 6	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.267	.327	.594	9	.39	0.022	.43	0.02%	0.16	P
40	487	135 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	0-GF(14)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.253	.282	.333	.615	9						P
41	488	140 (4)	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-12	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.283	.333	.616	9	.73	0.037	2.94	0.09%	0.52	P
42	489	144 (3)	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.284	.343	.627	9	.97	-0.004	.73	0.00%	-0.02	P
43	490	148 (3)	Sep 23 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.248	.274	.330	.605	9						P
44	491	152 (3)	Sep 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.272	.327	.599	9	2.28	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.71	PH
45	492	154 (1)	Sep 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.274	.327	.601	9	.78	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
							21-24		117	113	11	28	3	0	2	13	3	0	17	1	0		1		0	0	.248	.274	.327	.601		1.01	-0.779	4.45	-2.15%	-3.97

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