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: 23-8 / in Starts: 23-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	430	20	May 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	7	4	4	5	0	1	0	4.50	6.70	33	6	15	0	0	7	47			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.145	3.17	0.34%	0.01	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a4
2	431	26	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	GS-8	W(2-0)	6	7.0	10	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.20	5.40	32	7	10	0	4	10	44			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.136	4.22	0.33%	0.89	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a3
3	432	31	May 29(1)	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	7	4	4	4	7	0	0	4.13	4.49	37	8	11	2	1	7	60			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.203	2.54	0.59%	1.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
4	433	36	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	7	4	3	1	2	1	0	3.82	4.51	35	9	16	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.280	4.10	0.94%	1.23	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
5	434	40	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	L(4-1)	3	8.1	9	5	2	2	6	1	0	3.48	4.41	36	9	10	0	0	9	55			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	-0.388	8.25	-1.25%	-0.16	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out d1
6	435	44	Jun 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-0	SHO	W(5-1)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.86	4.08	32	6	13	4	0	5	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.317	2.36	0.87%	5.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
7	436	48	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.43	3.88	33	9	13	1	4	4	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.584	5.67	1.95%	5.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	437	51	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	L(6-2)	3	9.0	9	5	5	6	4	1	0	2.77	4.12	39	11	9	1	0	9	47			1	0	0	33	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	-0.342	9.73	-1.26%	0.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
9	438	57	Jun 25	NYY		DET	W,8-1	CG	W(7-2)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.56	4.16	34	6	16	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.225	3.08	0.90%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
10	439	62	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-7	GS-7	W(8-2)	5	6.1	9	5	5	1	4	0	0	2.90	4.03	29	3	12	0	0	9	38			1	0	0	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.036	4.84	-0.12%	-0.93	1b start a 2	7b --3 1 out a3
11	440	66	Jul 5(1)	NYY		BOS	W,15-0	SHO	W(9-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.62	3.84	36	8	12	0	0	6	81			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	.27	0.169	1.80	0.69%	5.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a15
12	441	69	Jul 10	NYY		WSH	W,12-2	CG	W(10-2)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.57	3.83	37	9	14	1	0	9	60			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.35	0.213	1.78	0.66%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
13	442	72	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	W(11-2)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	0	2.52	3.66	33	7	12	0	0	5	76			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.195	2.79	0.80%	3.45	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a8
14	443	76	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(12-2)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.41	3.54	35	10	12	0	1	8	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.43	0.434	6.85	1.25%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
15	444	82	Jul 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	GS-7	L(12-3)	4	7.0	13	9	9	2	1	0	0	2.91	3.56	36	6	14	0	0	13	14			1	0	0	33	0	2	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.404	4.03	-1.36%	-4.85	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d6
16	445	86	Jul 27	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG(11)	W(13-3)	3	11.0	15	5	5	2	9	1	0	3.01	3.54	51	8	17	2	0	15	54			2	1	0	48	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.41	0.032	9.13	0.13%	1.66	1t start tie	11t 3 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
17	446	92	Aug 3(1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(14-3)	6	9.0	10	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.95	3.45	37	10	12	1	0	10	64			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.311	5.82	1.42%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
18	447	97	Aug 7	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(15-3)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.95	3.43	34	10	12	2	2	7	62			0	0	0	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	.97	0.205	3.18	0.40%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	448	99	Aug 11(1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS-8		3	7.0	4	3	2	3	4	2	0	2.93	3.59	29	7	11	1	4	4	60			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.37	0.116	5.35	0.27%	0.96	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a1
20	449	105	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(15-4)	3	8.0	7	5	3	3	2	1	0	2.95	3.68	31	9	10	2	0	7	51			0	1	0	27	1	1	0	2	0	1	.79	-0.124	1.40	-0.13%	-0.35	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
21	450	109	Aug 19	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG(12)	W(16-4)	3	12.0	11	3	2	4	2	1	0	2.86	3.76	50	18	15	0	0	11	68			0	0	0	45	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.87	0.908	2.11	0.61%	4.27	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
22	451	113	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-7		4	6.1	11	7	5	1	2	1	1	3.00	3.82	33	14	8	3	0	7	28			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.50	-0.539	1.28	-0.28%	-3.45	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a1
23	452	116	Aug 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-1		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	3.82	3	2	1	0	0	0	53			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.051	.42	0.02%	0.59	1b start tie	1b 3 out tie
24	453	118	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	W(17-4)	1	9.0	10	4	3	4	6	2	0	2.98	3.92	39	8	11	0	0	10	55			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.314	.84	0.12%	1.45	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				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
25	454	123	Sep 3	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(17-5)	4	8.0	11	4	3	3	6	0	0	3.00	3.88	37	10	7	0	0	11	49			1	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.067	.28	-0.01%	0.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
26	455	128	Sep 8(1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(18-5)	4	9.0	8	2	1	0	3	0	0	2.92	3.82	34	6	17	3	6	8	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	0.535	.06	0.02%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
27	456	133	Sep 12(1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	L(18-6)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	9	1	0	2.88	3.80	35	9	10	0	0	5	76			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.213	.03	0.00%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	457	139	Sep 18(1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-8	GS-7		5	6.2	10	7	3	3	2	1	0	2.91	3.86	33	9	9	0	0	10	33			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	2	1.55	-0.462	.01	0.00%	-3.25	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
29	458	145	Sep 23	NYY		SLB	L,5-9	GS-7	L(18-7)	4	6.2	7	6	6	3	4	2	0	3.06	3.96	30	5	11	1	0	7	37			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.330	.00	0.00%	-2.25	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
30	459	149	Sep 28(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	SHO	W(19-7)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.95	3.90	29	11	10	0	0	2	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.360	.00	0.00%	5.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
31	460	156	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	W(20-7)	3	9.0	10	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.95	3.85	37	12	9	0	0	10	59			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	0	.56	0.054	.00	0.00%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
							23-8		W-L:20-7	3.6	256.1	242	101	84	68	131	17	1	2.95	3.85	1059	0.73		4%	4%	238	58		---%	10	3	0	980	37	13	0	19	0	17	.99	3.308	3.28	7.89%	50.48

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