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	26-26 / in Starts: 20-13
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 9 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 140 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	120 (55-35-30)
Avg. MLBer w/ 140 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	97 (48-30-17)

Most Driven In
T Lazzeri	5
Self	5
J Powell	4
G Selkirk	2
B Seeds	2
B Chapman	1
R Johnson	1
B Dickey	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
J DiMaggio	4
R Rolfe	4
B Chapman	1

1936 Batting Game Log

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1936 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	543	2 (1)	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.99	-0.081	7.14	-0.12%	-0.28	PH
2	544	4 (1)	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	L,0-8	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.39	-0.021	.99	-0.03%	-0.34	P
3	545	9 (4)	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	W,10-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.57	-0.030	1.45	-0.05%	-0.48	P
4	546	13 (3)	Apr 28	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	9	.88	-0.099	2.76	-0.19%	-0.62	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
5	547	17 (3)	May 2	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.167	.250	9	1.33	-0.147	4.81	-0.32%	-1.45	P
6	548	22 (4)	May 8	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.071	.071	.143	.214	9	1.54	-0.088	5.84	-0.20%	-0.67	P
7	549	27 (4)	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.111	.111	.167	.278	9	.88	-0.163	3.30	-0.37%	-2.15	P
8	550	28	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-9	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.158	.211	.368	9	1.61	-0.045	7.44	-0.12%	-0.30	PH
9	551	32 (3)	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.174	.217	.391	9	1.47	-0.042	7.30	-0.12%	-0.42	P
10	552	38 (5)	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.259	.269	.528	9	1.19	0.124	7.26	0.45%	0.87	P
11	553	39	May 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.286	.296	.582	9	2.48	0.124	14.90	0.45%	0.67	PH
12	554	42 (2)	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.250	.258	.508	9	.39	-0.085	2.08	-0.27%	-2.45	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	555	45 (2)	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,11-1	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.297	.286	.583	9	.24	0.039	1.31	0.13%	0.25	P
14	556	48 (2)	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.289	.278	.567	9	1.90	-0.052	10.96	-0.18%	-0.29	PH
15	557	49	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG(16)	6	6	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.405	.723	9	1.59	0.088	9.35	0.31%	0.85	P
16	558	51 (1)	Jun 9	NYY		SLB	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.333	.419	.752	9	2.96	0.146	15.11	0.45%	1.27	PH
17	559	52	Jun 11	NYY		DET	W,10-9	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.348	.432	.780	9	5.82	0.298	35.60	1.09%	1.33	PH
18	560	53	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,9-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.360	.438	.798	9	.51	-0.028	3.05	-0.10%	-1.13	P
19	561	55 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,15-4	CG	5	5	3	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.377	.400	.585	.985	9	.46	0.049	2.72	0.17%	2.34	P
20	562	57 (1)	Jun 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.370	.393	.574	.967	9	.71	-0.019	3.98	-0.06%	-0.22	PH
21	563	59 (1)	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.386	.564	.950	9	1.92	-0.047	9.88	-0.15%	-0.77	PH
22	564	60	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.373	.544	.917	9	.54	-0.029	2.74	-0.09%	-0.65	P
23	565	65 (4)	Jun 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.391	.590	.981	9	1.01	0.152	4.70	0.43%	1.36	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	566	70 (4)	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.382	.569	.952	9	.36	-0.017	1.75	-0.05%	-1.15	P
25	567	71	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.377	.561	.937	9	2.53	-0.069	11.16	-0.18%	-0.29	PH
26	568	74 (2)	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.371	.552	.924	9	1.61	-0.039	5.35	-0.08%	-0.40	P
27	569	76 (1)	Jul 10	NYY		CLE	W,18-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.347	.373	.542	.915	9	.24	-0.022	.99	-0.06%	0.01	P
28	570	78 (1)	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.347	.373	.542	.915	9						PH
29	571	81 (2)	Jul 15 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.367	.526	.893	9	.99	-0.053	5.58	-0.18%	-0.53	P
30	572	85 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,2-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.375	.532	.907	9	.04	0.002	.15	0.00%	0.86	PH
31	573	87 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.369	.556	.925	9	.33	0.072	1.27	0.17%	-0.75	P
32	574	88	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.365	.549	.913	1	2.12	-0.059	7.93	-0.13%	-0.13	PH
33	575	92 (3)	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.337	.360	.535	.894	9	.79	-0.031	4.45	-0.11%	-0.42	P
34	576	97 (4)	Jul 29	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.366	.544	.910	9	.42	0.090	1.40	0.18%	0.69	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
35	577	102 (4)	Aug 4	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.361	.527	.888	9	.85	-0.141	1.55	-0.15%	-1.98	P
36	578	105 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.357	.521	.878	8	1.99	-0.053	1.54	-0.03%	-0.20	PH
37	579	107 (1)	Aug 10	NYY		WSH	L,4-13	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.357	.521	.878	9						P
38	580	108	Aug 11	NYY		WSH	L,3-7	4-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.337	.364	.526	.890	9	2.66	0.089	1.89	0.04%	1.00	PH
39	581	110 (1)	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.356	.515	.872	9	1.24	-0.063	.76	-0.02%	-0.63	P
40	582	115 (4)	Aug 18	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-9	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.363	.515	.878	9	.13	0.004	.07	0.00%	0.67	PH
41	583	116	Aug 19	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.358	.500	.858	9	.53	-0.055	.28	-0.02%	-0.37	P
42	584	119 (2)	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.358	.495	.853	9	.96	-0.084	.23	-0.01%	-0.89	P
43	585	120	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.355	.490	.845	9	.56	-0.015	.12	0.00%	-0.20	PH
44	586	122 (1)	Aug 26	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.351	.486	.837	9	2.00	-0.055	.32	-0.01%	-0.50	PH
45	587	124 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		DET	W,14-5	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.312	.353	.486	.840	9	.45	0.115	.06	0.01%	2.67	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
46	588	130 (5)	Sep 2	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	GS-10	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.367	.500	.867	9	1.95	0.239	.00	0.00%	1.53	P
47	589	134 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	T,7-7	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.372	.500	.872	9	3.19	0.113	.00	0.00%	0.63	PH
48	590	136 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.369	.496	.864	9	1.62	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH
49	591	138 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.365	.487	.852	9	.63	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.30	P
50	592	143 (4)	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.364	.479	.843	9	.81	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.23	P
51	593	147 (3)	Sep 19	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.362	.475	.837	9	4.41	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-0.85	PH
52	594	148	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.353	.463	.817	9	1.43	-0.130	.00	0.00%	-1.16	P
53	595	153 (4)	Sep 25	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.291	.348	.449	.797	9	2.93	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
							26-26		140	127	14	37	5	0	5	22	11	0	14	0	2		2		0	0	.291	.348	.449	.797		1.09	-0.229	3.26	0.49%	-5.86

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