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	26-17 / in Starts: 22-8
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 125 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	86 (35-38-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 125 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	85 (43-27-14)

Most Driven In
J Gordon	6
G Selkirk	3
Self	3
B Dickey	2
T Henrich	1
B Dahlgren	1
J Powell	1

Most Driven In By
R Rolfe	6
Self	3
J DiMaggio	1
F Crosetti	1
T Henrich	0

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 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	650	1	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.03	-0.102	2.61	-0.16%	-1.32	P
2	651	2	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	6.87	0.399	16.05	0.56%	1.59	PH
3	652	4 (1)	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2.75	-0.077	6.67	-0.11%	-0.51	PH
4	653	5	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.67	-0.081	1.48	-0.11%	-1.92	P
5	654	6	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.12	-0.031	2.62	-0.04%	-0.28	PH
6	655	7	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9	4.99	0.138	10.75	0.18%	0.67	PH
7	656	10 (2)	Apr 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	9	.45	0.072	1.03	0.10%	0.81	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
8	657	16 (5)	May 3	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.222	.485	9	.28	-0.040	.76	-0.06%	-1.37	P
9	658	20 (3)	May 8	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	.52	-0.029	1.74	-0.06%	-0.18	P
10	659	29 (8)	May 25	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.261	.190	.451	9	.46	-0.014	1.48	-0.03%	-0.52	PH
11	660	30	May 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.160	.382	9	.99	-0.114	2.91	-0.20%	-1.38	P
12	661	33 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.219	.138	.357	9	.43	-0.052	1.42	-0.10%	-1.18	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	662	36 (2)	Jun 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.212	.133	.345	9	.25	-0.007	.94	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
14	663	39 (2)	Jun 3	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.194	.121	.316	9	.43	-0.037	1.60	-0.08%	-0.81	P
15	664	40	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	L,5-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.189	.118	.307	9	1.64	-0.050	5.61	-0.10%	-0.27	PH
16	665	42 (1)	Jun 7	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.108	.175	.108	.283	9	.88	-0.038	3.01	-0.08%	-0.39	P
17	666	47 (4)	Jun 12	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.182	.195	.377	9	1.61	0.108	7.53	0.30%	1.64	P
18	667	53 (5)	Jun 19 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	T,7-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.178	.190	.368	9	2.32	0.093	8.70	0.21%	0.59	PH
19	668	55 (1)	Jun 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-10	GS-7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.116	.208	.186	.394	9	1.55	0.003	8.76	0.01%	0.00	P
20	669	56	Jun 22 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.204	.182	.386	9	2.26	-0.057	11.62	-0.18%	-0.34	PH
21	670	60 (3)	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.204	.184	.387	9	.53	-0.047	1.92	-0.10%	-0.33	P
22	671	64 (3)	Jun 30	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.211	.176	.387	9	.23	0.007	.95	0.02%	-0.01	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
23	672	68 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.200	.167	.367	9	.94	-0.080	4.57	-0.23%	-0.90	P
24	673	72 (3)	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.197	.164	.360	9	1.73	-0.048	11.42	-0.19%	-0.29	PH
25	674	73	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.231	.224	.455	9	.63	0.040	2.96	0.11%	1.93	P
26	675	75 (1)	Jul 13	NYY		SLB	W,15-12	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.242	.224	.467	9	.81	0.036	4.13	0.11%	0.29	PH
27	676	78 (2)	Jul 16	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.257	.230	.487	9	.60	0.000	3.43	0.00%	-0.15	P
28	677	82 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.222	.472	9	.63	-0.033	3.56	-0.11%	-0.40	P
29	678	88 (5)	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS-6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.253	.215	.469	9	.71	-0.021	4.08	-0.07%	-0.49	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	679	91 (2)	Aug 2	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.250	.212	.462	9	1.14	-0.031	6.31	-0.10%	-0.37	PH
31	680	92	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-9	4	3	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.174	.278	.290	.568	9	1.33	0.259	7.76	0.91%	2.11	P
32	681	96 (3)	Aug 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.181	.289	.292	.581	9	.43	0.003	3.41	0.01%	0.25	P
33	682	97	Aug 9	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.286	.288	.573	9	2.12	-0.058	9.68	-0.16%	-0.28	PH
34	683	100 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.284	.276	.560	9	1.65	-0.139	6.26	-0.32%	-0.54	P
35	684	106 (5)	Aug 16 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.290	.275	.565	9	.77	-0.009	1.90	-0.01%	-0.22	P
36	685	112 (5)	Aug 21 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.289	.310	.598	9	.67	0.138	.72	0.09%	0.77	P
37	686	118 (5)	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,15-3	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.307	.333	.640	9	.58	0.116	.34	0.04%	1.42	P
38	687	121 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.314	.341	.655	9	2.71	0.109	.87	0.02%	0.59	PH
39	688	123 (1)	Aug 28	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.314	.333	.648	9	.84	-0.027	.25	-0.01%	-0.20	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
40	689	128 (4)	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.312	.330	.642	9	.43	-0.032	.09	0.00%	-0.24	P
41	690	133 (4)	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-11	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.306	.323	.629	9	.90	-0.053	.06	0.00%	-0.67	P
42	691	138 (4)	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.319	.323	.642	9	.81	0.141	.00	0.00%	1.04	P
43	692	142 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.328	.343	.671	9	1.02	0.105	.00	0.00%	0.51	P
44	693	148 (5)	Sep 24	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.333	.368	.701	9	1.46	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.38	P
45	694	155 (6)	Sep 29 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	T,1-1	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.331	.364	.695	9	1.52	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
							26-17		125	107	12	24	4	1	3	17	17	0	21	0	1		1		0	0	.224	.331	.364	.695		.96	0.411	2.92	0.04%	-1.68

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