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	31-21 / in Starts: 23-8
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 144 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	107 (61-31-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 144 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	97 (49-31-17)

Most Driven In
T Lazzeri	2
J Powell	2
G Selkirk	1
T Henrich	1
B Dickey	1
J Saltzgaver	1
Self	1
M Hoag	0

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

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 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	596	20 (19)	May 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	.91	-0.070	3.51	-0.16%	-0.45	P
2	597	26 (5)	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	9	.52	0.023	2.10	0.06%	-0.15	P
3	598	30 (3)	May 27	NYY		DET	L,4-5	13-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	9	3.80	-0.114	19.56	-0.35%	-0.27	PH
4	599	31	May 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.417	.300	.717	9	.80	0.098	3.88	0.29%	1.71	P
5	600	34 (2)	May 31 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.462	.364	.825	9	1.34	0.045	7.05	0.14%	0.40	PH
6	601	35	May 31 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	9	.03	-0.001	.16	0.00%	-0.28	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
7	602	36	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	9	.59	-0.156	3.30	-0.52%	-2.61	P
8	603	37	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.368	.294	.663	9	1.54	0.068	8.81	0.23%	0.40	PH
9	604	38	Jun 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.350	.278	.628	9	1.14	-0.030	6.64	-0.10%	-0.60	PH
10	605	39	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.381	.474	.855	9	1.20	0.264	6.58	0.87%	1.86	PH
11	606	40	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.320	.391	.711	9	1.63	-0.183	8.74	-0.59%	-1.23	P
12	607	42 (1)	Jun 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.375	.683	9	1.54	-0.042	8.51	-0.14%	-0.13	PH
13	608	44 (1)	Jun 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.323	.379	.702	9	.37	-0.021	1.69	-0.06%	0.55	P
14	609	47 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	T,8-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.367	.679	9	1.08	-0.029	5.08	-0.08%	-0.13	PH
15	610	48	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.324	.601	9	1.11	-0.126	6.18	-0.42%	-1.49	P
16	611	51 (2)	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.275	.297	.572	9	1.56	-0.134	9.55	-0.49%	-1.02	P
17	612	57 (5)	Jun 25	NYY		DET	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.273	.293	.565	9	.38	0.008	2.51	0.03%	-0.43	P
18	613	58	Jun 26	NYY		DET	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.286	.552	9	1.43	-0.035	9.86	-0.15%	-0.40	PH
19	614	59	Jun 27	NYY		DET	W,9-5	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.261	.279	.540	9	1.42	-0.038	9.71	-0.16%	-0.84	PH
20	615	60	Jun 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.277	.295	.572	9	5.07	0.316	26.85	1.00%	0.89	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
21	616	62 (1)	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.260	.277	.537	9	.46	-0.037	2.41	-0.12%	-0.58	P
22	617	63	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.255	.271	.526	9	1.19	-0.051	6.31	-0.16%	-0.98	PH
23	618	64	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.269	.271	.540	9	3.70	0.012	19.33	0.04%	0.12	PH
24	619	66 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,15-0	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.263	.283	.546	9	.14	0.000	.96	0.00%	0.43	P
25	620	69 (2)	Jul 10	NYY		WSH	W,12-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.193	.258	.263	.521	9	.27	-0.022	1.37	-0.07%	-0.51	P
26	621	72 (2)	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.183	.258	.250	.508	9	.49	-0.021	3.37	-0.09%	-0.89	P
27	622	76 (3)	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.257	.250	.507	9	1.51	-0.024	7.24	-0.07%	-0.63	P
28	623	82 (5)	Jul 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.260	.254	.514	9	.71	-0.004	3.96	-0.01%	0.00	P
29	624	84 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-11	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.270	.265	.535	9	2.60	0.104	18.07	0.43%	0.62	PH
30	625	86 (1)	Jul 27	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.266	.250	.516	9	2.14	-0.232	13.84	-0.90%	-0.68	P
31	626	90 (3)	Jul 31	NYY		SLB	L,6-9	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.263	.247	.509	9	2.08	-0.051	8.26	-0.12%	-0.40	PH
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	627	92 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.253	.237	.490	9	.31	-0.025	2.39	-0.12%	-0.61	P
33	628	95 (2)	Aug 5	NYY		CHW	W,13-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.262	.247	.509	9	2.13	0.077	10.32	0.22%	1.00	PH
34	629	96	Aug 6	NYY		CLE	T,7-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.259	.244	.502	9	3.05	-0.074	9.35	-0.14%	-0.52	PH
35	630	97	Aug 7	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.185	.250	.235	.485	9	.97	-0.087	3.18	-0.17%	-1.08	P
36	631	99 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.250	.247	.497	9	.89	-0.103	3.48	-0.24%	-1.05	P
37	632	103 (3)	Aug 13	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.247	.244	.491	9	3.96	-0.099	5.54	-0.08%	-0.33	PH
38	633	105 (1)	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.237	.233	.470	9	1.82	-0.193	3.23	-0.21%	-1.41	P
39	634	109 (3)	Aug 19	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.235	.232	.467	9	1.77	-0.577	1.99	-0.39%	-2.43	P
40	635	113 (3)	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-7	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.186	.248	.247	.495	9	1.28	0.079	1.09	0.04%	0.62	P
41	636	116 (2)	Aug 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.248	.247	.495	9						P
42	637	117	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.245	.245	.490	9	1.26	-0.054	.51	-0.01%	-0.60	PH
43	638	118	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.273	.267	.540	9	.65	0.039	.41	0.02%	0.75	P
Sep/Oct		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
44	639	122 (3)	Sep 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.270	.265	.535	9	1.07	-0.028	.23	0.00%	-0.19	PH
45	640	123	Sep 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.270	.264	.534	9	1.55	-0.090	.53	-0.02%	-0.48	P
46	641	128 (4)	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.277	.266	.543	9	1.51	0.095	.08	0.00%	0.45	P
47	642	131 (2)	Sep 10	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.275	.264	.539	9	4.67	-0.128	.20	0.00%	-0.49	PH
48	643	133 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.282	.272	.554	9	1.42	-0.101	.03	0.00%	-0.58	P
49	644	136 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.280	.270	.550	9	1.32	-0.037	.05	0.00%	-0.49	PH
50	645	139 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.273	.263	.536	9	.52	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
51	646	145 (5)	Sep 23	NYY		SLB	L,5-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.267	.256	.523	9	.72	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
52	647	146	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.273	.256	.529	9	4.75	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH
53	648	149 (2)	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.270	.248	.518	9	.52	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-1.55	P
54	649	156 (6)	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.275	.248	.523	9	.64	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.92	P
							31-21		144	129	11	26	3	0	1	9	13	1	24	0	2		1		0	0	.202	.275	.248	.523		1.15	-1.907	3.89	-2.77%	-18.75

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