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	26-18 / in Starts: 21-7
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 124 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	98 (44-32-22)
Avg. MLBer w/ 124 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	83 (42-26-13)

Most Driven In
J Gordon	5
B Dahlgren	4
G Selkirk	4
J Powell	2
C Keller	2
J Gallagher	2
Self	1

Most Driven In By
R Rolfe	3
J DiMaggio	2
B Dickey	2
T Henrich	2
C Keller	1
Self	1
F Crosetti	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 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	695	1	Apr 20	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.10	-0.096	2.90	-0.15%	-1.28	P
2	696	6 (4)	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.54	-0.016	1.84	-0.03%	-0.13	P
3	697	8 (1)	Apr 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	3.67	-0.098	12.53	-0.20%	-0.27	PH
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	698	9	May 2	NYY	@	DET	W,22-2	CG	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.19	0.077	.60	0.15%	0.94	P
5	699	14 (4)	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.294	.588	9	.53	-0.002	2.18	0.00%	0.10	P
6	700	19 (4)	May 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	9	.50	-0.053	2.18	-0.14%	-0.91	P
7	701	24 (4)	May 19	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.320	.292	.612	9	1.02	0.073	5.53	0.24%	1.28	P
8	702	25	May 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.346	.320	.666	9	5.82	0.350	30.86	1.11%	1.72	PH
9	703	28 (2)	May 24	NYY		DET	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.333	.308	.641	9	.26	-0.007	1.24	-0.02%	-0.33	PH
10	704	29	May 25	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.310	.286	.596	9	2.12	-0.030	10.46	-0.09%	-0.59	P
11	705	32 (2)	May 27 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-9	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	9	4.79	0.153	23.22	0.44%	1.00	PH
12	706	35 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	9	.56	-0.034	3.41	-0.13%	-0.96	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	707	40 (4)	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.294	.333	.294	.627	9	.60	-0.005	2.30	-0.01%	0.02	P
14	708	42 (1)	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.324	.286	.610	9	.62	-0.017	2.26	-0.04%	-0.29	PH
15	709	43	Jun 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.278	.594	9	.34	-0.009	1.69	-0.03%	-0.28	PH
16	710	45 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.300	.333	.300	.633	9	.42	-0.013	1.43	-0.03%	-0.61	P
17	711	47 (1)	Jun 14	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.326	.293	.618	9	1.83	-0.055	6.90	-0.12%	-0.36	PH
18	712	50 (2)	Jun 17	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.319	.289	.608	9	1.97	-0.082	6.05	-0.15%	-1.09	P
19	713	51	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.333	.289	.622	9	.32	0.011	.90	0.02%	0.22	PH
20	714	56 (4)	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.313	.665	9	.93	0.053	1.79	0.06%	0.53	P
21	715	62 (5)	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.357	.321	.678	9	1.68	0.108	2.35	0.09%	0.36	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
22	716	65 (2)	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.351	.315	.666	9	4.00	-0.097	6.80	-0.10%	-0.53	PH
23	717	66	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.345	.309	.654	9	.07	-0.002	.14	0.00%	-0.13	PH
24	718	71 (4)	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.339	.305	.644	9	2.59	-0.213	6.54	-0.32%	-1.22	P
25	719	72	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.300	.633	9	1.84	-0.049	5.85	-0.09%	-0.27	PH
26	720	75 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.328	.295	.623	9	2.05	-0.055	11.16	-0.18%	-0.27	PH
27	721	77 (1)	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.324	.292	.616	9	.79	-0.017	3.29	-0.04%	-0.15	P
28	722	84 (6)	Jul 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.313	.352	.313	.666	9	1.17	0.067	2.27	0.08%	0.77	P
29	723	89 (4)	Jul 26	NYY		SLB	W,14-1	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.347	.716	9	.26	0.058	.74	0.10%	0.16	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	724	93 (3)	Aug 1	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.329	.679	9	1.40	-0.156	2.31	-0.15%	-1.57	P
31	725	97 (3)	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	3	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.373	.385	.758	9	1.40	0.190	3.05	0.25%	1.65	P
32	726	100 (2)	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.373	.385	.758	9						PH
33	727	101	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-8	GS-8	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.364	.373	.737	9	.32	0.002	.81	0.00%	-1.01	P
34	728	103 (1)	Aug 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.360	.369	.729	9	.57	-0.015	1.82	-0.03%	-0.27	PH
35	729	105 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,9-12	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.360	.369	.729	9						PH
36	730	106	Aug 13 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,21-0	CG(8)	6	6	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.344	.379	.389	.768	9	.30	0.088	.95	0.17%	2.23	P
37	731	110 (3)	Aug 18	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.374	.376	.750	9	.40	-0.018	.74	-0.02%	-0.70	P
38	732	115 (4)	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-4	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.351	.388	.392	.780	9	.60	0.098	.91	0.09%	1.11	P
39	733	120 (4)	Aug 27	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.370	.373	.743	9	.59	-0.076	.14	-0.01%	-0.22	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	734	125 (4)	Sep 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-12	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.360	.362	.722	9	.88	-0.064	.05	0.00%	-0.85	P
41	735	128 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-6	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.366	.362	.728	9	1.55	0.027	.07	0.00%	0.12	PH
42	736	132 (3)	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.357	.352	.708	9	.58	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.87	P
43	737	137 (4)	Sep 13	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.350	.345	.696	9	1.22	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
44	738	141 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-8	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.347	.342	.689	9	2.05	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-1.25	P
							26-18		124	114	12	35	1	0	1	20	7	1	18	0	0		1	2	1	0	.307	.347	.342	.689		1.03	-0.123	2.77	0.70%	-4.85

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