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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Team Record in Appearances: 12-25 / in Starts: 9-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 6

1925 Pitching Game Log

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1925 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	9	2	Apr 15	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	5-GF(8)		99	4.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.25	-0.80	16		0	2	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.28%
2	10	8	Apr 23	BOS		PHA	L,4-15			7	5.1	5	5	3	3	1	0	0	3.86	1.66	25					21					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
3	11	17	May 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,8-10	3-7		12	5.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.51	1.50	19		0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.03%
4	12	20	May 10	BOS	@	DET	L,5-13	1-2		3	1.0	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	4.11	1.54	9		1	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	.55	-0.11%
5	13	24	May 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	L(0-1)	3	8.2	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.13	1.86	36	52	0	0	0	33	4	2	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.21%
6	14	28	May 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-7	GS-7	W(1-1)	3	6.1	9	7	6	4	1	1	0	5.04	2.69	31	26	0	1	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.01%
7	15	31	May 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-7	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.86	2.74	11		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.02%
8	16	35	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	6.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	5.03	2.96	25	45	0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.04%
9	17	39	May 30(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	7-GF	BW(2-2)	2	2.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.71	3.05	10		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.01%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
10	18	42	Jun 1	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	W(3-2)	1	9.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.41	2.88	36	58	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	.43	0.06%
11	19	46	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	8	4	3	4	3	1	0	4.20	3.10	40	56	0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	1	.26	-0.01%
12	20	50	Jun 10	BOS		SLB	L,8-15	GS-4	L(4-3)	4	3.0	8	6	6	0	2	1	0	4.86	3.20	17	21	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	.18	-0.04%
13	21	51	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	L,7-9	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.78	3.27	5		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.00%
14	22	54	Jun 15	BOS		CHW	W,13-5	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	12	5	5	5	5	0	0	4.81	3.21	42	43	3	1	0	35	3	0	0	1	1	0	.06	0.00%
15	23	60	Jun 20	BOS		DET	L,9-11	GS-4		4	3.2	8	7	5	2	0	0	0	5.17	3.24	20	19	0	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.01%
16	24	64	Jun 25	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	5.1	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	5.05	3.18	24	42	1	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
17	25	66	Jun 27(2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG	L(5-5)	1	9.0	5	5	5	4	4	2	0	5.04	3.42	34	57	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
18	26	70	Jul 2(1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	CG(10)	L(5-6)	4	10.0	13	6	6	4	3	1	0	5.08	3.48	44	41	5	1	0	39	1	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
19	27	76	Jul 8(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-8	GS-3	L(5-7)	5	3.0	7	6	5	2	1	0	0	5.37	3.48	19	22	2	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
20	28	79	Jul 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,14-7	GS-4		2	4.0	9	5	5	1	0	0	0	5.58	3.46	19	23	0	0	0	18	2	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
21	29	81	Jul 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-11	3-5		1	3.0	8	6	5	0	0	1	0	5.84	3.55	17		1	0	0	17	1	1	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
22	30	86	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-10	GS-7	L(5-8)	4	7.0	11	7	6	3	2	0	0	5.95	3.51	33	28	2	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	2	0	.00	0.00%
23	31	91	Jul 23	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(5-9)	4	8.0	11	5	4	2	4	0	0	5.86	3.41	36	44	0	1	1	31	2	0	0	0	2	1	.00	0.00%
24	32	95	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	L,7-16	GS-6	L(5-10)	4	5.0	9	6	6	2	0	0	0	6.05	3.41	25	23	0	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
25	33	99	Aug 1	BOS		SLB	L,2-5	GS-7	L(5-11)	3	7.0	14	5	4	0	2	0	0	6.00	3.32	34	33	2	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
26	34	103	Aug 7	BOS		CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	L(5-12)	5	8.0	6	2	2	7	2	0	0	5.79	3.37	36	57	0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
27	35	107	Aug 11	BOS		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-12)	3	9.0	7	0	0	3	2	0	0	5.46	3.34	32	72				29	3	0			0
28	36	111	Aug 15(2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-12)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	5.16	3.26	33	79	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
29	37	114	Aug 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-11	GS-4	L(7-13)	4	4.0	10	5	5	2	1	0	0	5.30	3.26	24	21	0	1	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
30	38	115	Aug 21	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-9	7-GF(8)		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.25	3.24	6		1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
31	39	118	Aug 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(7-14)	2	8.0	8	4	4	0	0	2	0	5.22	3.34	32	50	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	40	121	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5		L(7-15)	2	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.19	3.33	4					4					0
33	41	123	Aug 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-16)	1	8.0	7	3	2	3	1	0	0	5.06	3.32	31	56	3	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
34	42	127	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS-5	L(7-17)	5	4.2	5	6	6	4	3	0	0	5.22	3.32	22	29	0	0	0	15	0	2	0	1	2	0	.00	0.00%
35	43	131	Sep 8(1)	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8	L(7-18)	3	8.0	8	5	3	4	2	0	0	5.15	3.32	36	48	1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
36	44	146	Sep 24	BOS		DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-18)	15	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.92	3.28	33	79	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	45	150	Sep 30	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	W(9-18)	5	9.0	10	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.89	3.21	38	54				36	2	1			0
							12-25		W-L:9-18,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.1	217.1	255	136	118	75	67	10	0	4.89	3.21	954	44	22	12	1	845	50	12	1	16	11	8	.17	-0.03%

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