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	17-16 / in Starts: 16-14
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	74 (35-25-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (31-19-10)

Most Driven In
B Dahlgren	3
B Mills	1
M Chartak	1
J Gordon	1
Self	1
G Selkirk	0

Most Driven In By
C Keller	3
R Rolfe	2
Self	1
T Henrich	1
J Gordon	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 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	739	1	Apr 16	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.47	-0.312	6.04	-0.46%	-1.70	P
2	740	5 (3)	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.01	-0.088	2.46	-0.13%	-0.52	P
3	741	10 (4)	Apr 30	NYY		SLB	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.20	-0.092	2.65	-0.12%	-0.60	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	742	15 (4)	May 6	NYY		DET	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.59	-0.081	3.10	-0.10%	-0.97	P
5	743	16	May 7	NYY		DET	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.41	-0.104	4.45	-0.12%	-0.56	PH
6	744	21 (4)	May 12	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.167	.278	9	.73	-0.030	.58	-0.01%	0.10	P
7	745	24 (2)	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.143	.238	9	.75	-0.058	.91	-0.04%	-0.55	P
8	746	28 (3)	May 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.125	.208	9	1.33	-0.103	1.55	-0.07%	-0.88	P
9	747	34 (5)	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.074	.074	.111	.185	9	.65	-0.064	1.27	-0.08%	-1.43	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
10	748	40 (5)	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.069	.069	.103	.172	9	.86	-0.043	1.91	-0.06%	-0.57	P
11	749	45 (4)	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.065	.094	.097	.191	9	.83	-0.041	1.95	-0.06%	-0.20	P
12	750	50 (4)	Jun 16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-12	GS-5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.118	.152	.269	9	.95	0.089	2.09	0.12%	0.73	P
13	751	55 (4)	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,12-7	GS-6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.108	.139	.247	9	.69	-0.031	1.10	-0.03%	-0.80	P
14	752	60 (4)	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.100	.128	.228	9	.66	-0.055	.70	-0.04%	-0.58	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
15	753	65 (4)	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.070	.111	.116	.227	9	.45	-0.065	.45	-0.04%	-1.10	P
16	754	70 (4)	Jul 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.106	.111	.217	9	.88	-0.046	1.39	-0.04%	-0.51	P
17	755	76 (5)	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.063	.100	.104	.204	9	.76	-0.026	1.10	-0.02%	-1.10	P
18	756	82 (5)	Jul 20	NYY		DET	L,1-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.061	.098	.102	.200	9	.78	-0.020	2.61	-0.04%	-0.17	P
19	757	87 (4)	Jul 25	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.056	.089	.093	.182	9	.29	-0.041	.19	-0.02%	-2.77	P
20	758	92 (4)	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.069	.100	.155	.255	9	.94	0.029	1.29	0.02%	0.80	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
21	759	97 (4)	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.082	.111	.164	.275	9	.90	-0.017	.72	-0.01%	-0.23	P
22	760	100 (2)	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-10	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.082	.111	.164	.275	8						PH
23	761	103 (2)	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.082	.111	.164	.275	9						P
24	762	108 (4)	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.092	.119	.169	.289	9	1.32	0.050	.56	0.01%	-0.06	P
25	763	112 (3)	Aug 20 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.103	.129	.191	.320	9	.68	0.137	.25	0.03%	1.24	P
26	764	118 (5)	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.099	.123	.183	.306	9	1.67	-0.035	2.16	-0.03%	-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
27	765	124 (5)	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.093	.117	.173	.290	9	.81	-0.077	1.03	-0.06%	-1.10	P
28	766	131 (6)	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.089	.111	.165	.276	9	2.74	-0.408	11.90	-1.07%	-3.27	P
29	767	135 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.122	.175	.297	9	.52	0.020	6.32	0.14%	0.27	P
30	768	139 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.098	.119	.171	.290	9	.51	-0.029	1.98	-0.07%	-0.38	P
31	769	144 (4)	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.098	.119	.171	.290	9						PH
32	770	145	Sep 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.106	.136	.176	.313	9	.14	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.33	P
33	771	150 (4)	Sep 26 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.124	.152	.202	.354	9	.82	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.08	P
							17-16		93	89	8	11	4	0	1	7	3	0	9	0	1		3	7	0	0	.124	.152	.202	.354		1.00	-1.528	1.93	-2.36%	-16.50

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