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: 14-21 / in Starts: 10-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 3

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	296	2	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	2	4	9	0	0	2.00	2.23	34	5	11	1	0	5	74			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.419	3.64	0.64%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
2	297	6	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	8	5	2	2	7	0	0	2.00	2.12	37	10	10	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.230	2.57	0.50%	0.12	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
3	298	11	Apr 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	4	2	2	3	8	0	0	2.00	2.12	33	10	8	2	0	4	76			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.386	4.30	0.87%	3.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	299	16	May 2	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-1)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	1	2.31	2.30	30	11	9	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.030	5.68	-0.07%	1.51	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
5	300	20	May 7(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	12	4	4	4	7	0	0	2.66	2.38	41	10	8	1	0	12	50			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.167	4.30	0.41%	1.27	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
6	301	23	May 14(1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(4-2)	6	8.0	8	5	5	2	6	0	0	3.12	2.34	32	16	0	0	0	8	50			0	1	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.169	2.57	-0.39%	-0.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
7	302	28	May 20	NYY		SLB	L,2-4	CG	L(4-3)	5	9.0	9	4	3	5	5	0	0	3.10	2.51	37	7	11	3	0	9	55			4	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.77	-0.034	3.26	-0.09%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
8	303	32	May 26	NYY		CHW	L,6-8	GS-7	L(4-4)	5	7.0	11	6	5	1	3	0	0	3.44	2.50	33	5	16	0	0	8	35			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.433	6.59	-1.30%	-2.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
9	304	35	May 28(2)	NYY		CHW	W,9-7	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	3.58	2.57	12	1	5	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.165	10.11	0.50%	-0.16	7t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 2
10	305	37	May 31(1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,7-12	GS-5		2	5.0	6	5	5	3	4	0	0	3.94	2.61	24	8	5	1	0	4	36			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.256	4.84	-0.89%	-2.27	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	306	47	Jun 10(1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-9	6-GF(8)		9	2.1	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.94	2.55	11	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.007	1.30	0.03%	0.23	6b --- 2 out d3	8b end d 4
12	307	49	Jun 11(1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	2.56	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	0.223	14.33	0.68%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
13	308	50	Jun 11(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,9-11	GS-4		-1	3.2	10	6	6	2	2	1	0	4.37	2.76	21	7	0	0	0	10	17			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.182	3.99	-0.55%	-3.84	1b start a 4	4b --- 2 out a2
14	309	55	Jun 18(1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	W(5-4)	6	9.0	13	4	4	4	3	0	0	4.34	2.84	42	12	10	1	0	13	44			1	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	0.152	8.99	0.55%	0.72	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
15	310	58	Jun 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-8	7-GF	S(3)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.20	2.79	10	1	6	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.112	2.49	0.39%	2.07	7b -23 0 out a5	9b end a 7
16	311	62	Jun 23(2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-8	L(5-5)	2	7.0	8	5	4	7	1	0	0	4.26	2.99	35	19	1	0	0	7	37			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.54	-0.377	7.76	-1.14%	-1.30	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out d1
17	312	67	Jun 28	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-7		4	7.0	9	7	4	2	1	0	0	4.32	3.02	32	13	7	1	0	9	36			0	1	0	29	5	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.315	3.74	-0.99%	-3.05	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	313	74	Jul 7	NYY		DET	L,4-9	GS-4	L(5-6)	8	3.0	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.45	3.09	14	4	2	0	0	2	39			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	-0.162	5.74	-0.47%	-1.27	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out a1
19	314	76	Jul 9(1)	NYY		DET	W,11-7		W(6-6)	1	6.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.30	2.98	24												24					0
20	315	83	Jul 15	NYY		CHW	W,11-2	CG	W(7-6)	5	9.0	3	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.13	3.10	32	11	13	2	0	2	73			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.106	3.18	0.36%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
21	316	86	Jul 20	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	3.10	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.019	2.14	0.06%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
22	317	88	Jul 22	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(7-7)	1	9.0	5	2	0	2	3	0	0	3.83	3.08	36	13	13	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.46	0.158	8.12	0.53%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
23	318	93	Jul 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(7-8)	4	9.2	7	3	3	8	4	0	0	3.76	3.18	45	12	16	4	0	5	59			0	0	0	34	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.41	-0.073	15.47	-0.48%	1.67	1b start tie	10b 123 2 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	319	97	Aug 2	NYY		PHA	L,3-16	GS-3	L(7-9)	5	2.1	6	6	3	2	0	2	0	3.88	3.39	15	5	3	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.254	4.15	-0.92%	-3.03	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d3
25	320	102	Aug 7(2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	GS-9		4	8.1	7	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.91	3.39	36	19	6	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.47	0.096	17.46	0.69%	0.78	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a1
26	321	105	Aug 12(1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,9-11	GS-5		4	4.2	6	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.96	3.43	25	5	6	0	0	6	38			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.101	6.22	0.30%	-0.02	1b start a 2	5b 123 2 out a4
27	322	112	Aug 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-8		6	7.2	7	6	6	5	3	0	0	4.10	3.46	35	14	8	2	0	5	39			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.164	1.72	0.22%	0.41	1b start a 2	8b 123 2 out a4
28	323	117	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-10)	3	8.0	9	2	2	4	1	0	0	4.02	3.49	34	7	14	0	2	8	53			0	1	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.186	2.05	0.23%	2.69	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
29	324	122	Aug 27(2)	NYY	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	W(8-10)	3	9.0	6	2	1	4	4	0	0	3.87	3.48	36	11	11	0	2	6	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.32	0.044	.36	0.03%	3.07	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a10
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	325	126	Sep 1	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG(12)	L(8-11)	4	12.0	12	4	4	3	6	1	0	3.82	3.50	50	13	18	0	1	10	65			0	0	0	45	0	2	0	1	0	1	1.42	-0.147	1.14	-0.07%	2.30	1t start tie	12t 3 out d2
31	326	130	Sep 6	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(9-11)	4	9.0	7	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.74	3.49	33	8	14	0	0	6	70			0	1	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.341	.25	0.04%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
32	327	136	Sep 11	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	L(9-12)	4	9.0	11	5	5	2	3	0	2	3.79	3.49	40	13	11	1	0	9	46			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.130	.31	-0.03%	-0.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
33	328	141	Sep 18(2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	L(9-13)	6	9.0	9	4	4	4	5	0	0	3.80	3.47	39	14	8	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.109	.02	0.00%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
34	329	146	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-10	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	3.47	4	1	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.08	8b 1-3 0 out d1	8b end d 3
35	330	150	Sep 29	NYY		WSH	L,5-8	CG	L(9-14)	4	9.0	10	8	6	2	5	1	0	3.87	3.49	40	10	14	0	0	9	42			0	0	0	37	5	0	0	0	0	2	.63	-0.403	.00	0.00%	-3.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
							14-21		W-L:9-14,Sv:3	3.9	235.0	231	118	101	93	122	7	4	3.87	3.49	1009	1.12		4%	1%	202	51	7	43%	6	7	0	895	44	8	2	18	0	14	1.04	-0.025	4.60	-0.37%	12.05

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