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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	L,1-6	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	7 (4)	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	0	0	1	1	0
3	12 (4)	Apr 29	BOS		PHA	L,5-9	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (1)	May 2	BOS		CLE	L,3-8	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees
5	20	May 11	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	24 (3)	May 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	27 (2)	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-15	GS	23	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	32 (4)	May 24 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	38 (5)	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	42 (3)	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	45 (2)	Jun 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	GS	33	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
12	50 (4)	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	GS	21	3.2	0	2	0	2	0
13	54 (3)	Jun 20	NYY		DET	L,6-11	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	57 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	59 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,6-10	GF	10	2.2	0	2	0	2	0
16	61 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	66 (4)	Jun 29	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	GF	12	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	69 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-15	GS	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	75 (5)	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,0-4	GF	27	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
20	80 (4)	Jul 12 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-7	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	83 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	88 (4)	Jul 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-7	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	92 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-10	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	97 (4)	Jul 27	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	98	Jul 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	103 (4)	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	108 (4)	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	112 (3)	Aug 9	NYY		SLB	W,9-8	GS	32	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
29	116 (3)	Aug 13	NYY		DET	W,10-8		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	121 (4)	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
31	124 (2)	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	44	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	127 (2)	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,6-12	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	130 (2)	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	134 (3)	Sep 6	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	139 (4)	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	GS	22	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	143 (3)	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	147 (3)	Sep 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	151 (3)	Sep 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-13	GS	21	3.1	0	1	1	2	0
							38gm		222.0	3	29	3	35	0