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	21-29 / in Starts: 17-12
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 114 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	84 (41-24-19) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 114 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	76 (39-23-13)

Most Driven In
T Lazzeri	4
F Crosetti	3
M Hoag	2
B Dickey	2
Self	2
J Saltzgaver	1
G Selkirk	1
B Ryan	1

Most Driven In By
R Rolfe	8
Self	2
J Hill	1
G Selkirk	1
L Gehrig	1

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 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	493	2 (1)	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.33	0.042	3.12	0.06%	0.93	P
2	494	7 (4)	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	9	.84	0.105	2.12	0.16%	1.09	P
3	495	11 (3)	Apr 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.625	1.125	9	.48	0.005	1.34	0.01%	-0.37	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	496	17 (5)	May 9	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.444	.556	1.000	9	.43	-0.012	1.22	-0.02%	-0.12	P
5	497	22 (4)	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.462	.462	.615	1.077	9	.50	0.061	1.28	0.09%	0.61	P
6	498	23	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.643	1.143	7	.32	0.017	.96	0.03%	0.90	PH
7	499	26 (2)	May 19	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.444	.556	1.000	9	2.38	-0.134	8.84	-0.30%	-0.70	P
8	500	28 (1)	May 21	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.474	.474	.579	1.053	8	2.76	0.100	11.00	0.24%	0.27	PH
9	501	31 (2)	May 25 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.476	.500	.619	1.119	9	1.29	0.214	3.68	0.37%	1.10	P
10	502	36 (4)	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG(6)	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.520	.750	1.270	9	.46	0.145	1.79	0.34%	2.04	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
11	503	41 (4)	Jun 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.464	.483	.679	1.161	9	.30	-0.029	1.46	-0.09%	-0.61	P
12	504	46 (4)	Jun 8 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.448	.467	.655	1.122	2	3.53	-0.086	19.27	-0.28%	-0.52	PH
13	505	47	Jun 11 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.424	.441	.606	1.047	9	1.13	0.020	5.20	0.05%	-0.30	P
14	506	50 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.441	.457	.647	1.104	9						PH
15	507	57 (6)	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,0-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.459	.639	1.098	9	1.43	0.015	8.34	0.05%	0.02	P
16	508	58	Jun 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-12	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.432	.447	.622	1.069	9	1.74	-0.003	11.96	-0.01%	0.00	PH
17	509	62 (3)	Jun 27	NYY		WSH	W,15-5	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.442	.619	1.061	9	.49	-0.018	2.93	-0.06%	0.66	P
18	510	64 (1)	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	L,7-8	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.419	.432	.605	1.036	6	6.39	-0.163	35.99	-0.55%	-0.80	PH
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
19	511	67 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.391	.404	.565	.969	9	.88	-0.071	5.71	-0.28%	-0.53	P
20	512	69 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-8	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.404	.417	.574	.991	9	2.28	0.117	12.81	0.40%	0.67	PH
21	513	73 (3)	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.412	.560	.972	9	.69	0.017	4.18	0.06%	0.21	P
22	514	74	Jul 13	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.392	.404	.549	.953	9	1.43	-0.036	9.79	-0.15%	-0.18	PH
23	515	78 (3)	Jul 18	NYY		SLB	L,1-4	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.375	.509	.884	9	1.48	-0.122	8.20	-0.41%	-0.80	P
24	516	81 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,1-2	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.375	.509	.884	5						PH
25	517	82	Jul 23 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.368	.500	.868	9	.48	-0.014	4.51	-0.08%	-0.53	PH
26	518	83	Jul 23 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.379	.509	.888	9	1.74	-0.051	16.67	-0.29%	-0.34	PH
27	519	84	Jul 24	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.361	.483	.844	9	.60	-0.049	5.85	-0.29%	-0.67	P
28	520	86 (1)	Jul 27	NYY		WSH	L,7-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.355	.475	.830	9	3.38	-0.095	18.00	-0.30%	-0.38	P
29	521	89 (2)	Jul 30	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.354	.469	.823	9	1.46	-0.020	6.91	-0.06%	-0.26	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
30	522	93 (3)	Aug 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG(5)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.328	.338	.448	.786	9	1.45	-0.072	6.38	-0.19%	-0.33	P
31	523	97 (3)	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.352	.471	.824	9	.74	0.093	2.96	0.22%	0.82	P
32	524	100 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.347	.465	.812	9	.82	-0.021	3.14	-0.05%	-0.31	PH
33	525	101	Aug 11 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.356	.465	.821	8	8.37	0.029	33.23	0.07%	0.17	PH
34	526	102	Aug 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.333	.351	.467	.817	9	1.12	-0.065	3.80	-0.13%	1.01	P
35	527	103	Aug 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.359	.474	.833	5	3.45	0.262	14.63	0.67%	1.61	PH
36	528	104	Aug 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.354	.468	.822	9	2.69	-0.003	9.42	-0.01%	-0.09	PH
37	529	107 (2)	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,0-6	GS-4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.363	.487	.850	9	.74	0.046	4.34	0.16%	0.43	P
38	530	110 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.358	.381	.506	.887	9	.52	0.075	1.80	0.16%	3.24	P
39	531	116 (5)	Aug 25 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.364	.482	.846	9	.29	-0.030	.59	-0.04%	-0.93	P
40	532	117	Aug 26 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.337	.360	.477	.836	9	2.23	-0.056	3.76	-0.06%	-0.33	PH
41	533	120 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.333	.356	.471	.827	8						PH
42	534	122 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.351	.473	.824	9	.53	-0.038	.99	-0.04%	-0.01	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
43	535	126 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.347	.467	.815	8	5.79	-0.253	6.72	-0.18%	-0.59	PH
44	536	127	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.333	.448	.781	9	.48	-0.055	.56	-0.04%	-1.13	P
45	537	128	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.340	.454	.794	9	1.90	0.070	.87	0.02%	0.27	PH
46	538	132 (3)	Sep 11	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.347	.459	.806	9	1.91	0.054	3.77	0.06%	0.13	PH
47	539	133	Sep 12	NYY		DET	L,5-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.346	.455	.802	9	.65	-0.040	2.19	-0.08%	-0.65	P
48	540	138 (4)	Sep 16	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.337	.361	.490	.851	9	.82	0.051	.07	0.00%	1.27	P
49	541	143 (4)	Sep 22 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.327	.351	.477	.828	9						P
50	542	149 (5)	Sep 29 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG(5)	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.339	.363	.486	.849	9	.61	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.67	P
							21-29		114	109	13	37	10	0	2	18	3	1	9	1	1		2		0	0	.339	.363	.486	.849		1.19	0.049	4.80	-0.75%	6.62

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