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: 21-7 / in Starts: 21-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	492	1	Apr 20	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	1.82	36	9	14	1	2	7	77			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.626	3.00	0.99%	5.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	493	6	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	GS-5	W(2-0)	4	5.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	1	1.29	2.38	21	4	9	0	0	5	49			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.048	4.01	0.10%	0.92	1t start tie	5t 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
3	494	9	May 2	NYY	@	DET	W,22-2	CG	W(3-0)	6	9.0	7	2	2	4	1	0	0	1.57	2.90	37	4	21	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.098	.44	0.19%	3.67	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a20
4	495	14	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-4	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	9	4	4	4	3	1	0	2.25	3.41	39	5	19	2	4	8	52			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.185	1.72	0.45%	1.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
5	496	19	May 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	SHO	W(5-0)	6	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.76	3.11	31	8	14	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.338	2.58	0.89%	5.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
6	497	24	May 19	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(6-0)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	0	1.80	3.33	37	9	15	1	4	7	65			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.483	6.86	1.57%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	498	29	May 25	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	W(7-0)	5	9.0	8	2	2	3	6	0	0	1.83	3.17	38	8	13	1	3	8	66			1	0	0	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.285	4.63	0.84%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	499	35	May 30(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-4	L(7-1)	4	3.1	8	8	8	2	4	3	0	2.89	3.73	20	2	4	0	0	8	14			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.366	2.58	-1.34%	-6.32	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d7
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
9	500	40	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	GS-7	W(8-1)	4	7.0	5	4	4	5	7	0	0	3.12	3.63	31	6	8	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.74	0.174	2.87	0.40%	0.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
10	501	45	Jun 11(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	W(9-1)	6	9.0	12	5	4	3	2	2	0	3.22	3.91	40	12	11	0	0	12	44			0	0	0	37	0	1	0	3	0	1	.89	0.166	3.00	0.34%	0.41	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a3
11	502	50	Jun 17	NYY		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-1)	5	9.0	8	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.89	3.72	36	6	12	0	3	8	75			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.744	4.65	1.37%	5.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
12	503	56	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(11-1)	6	9.0	7	1	1	5	5	0	0	2.71	3.66	37	9	11	1	1	7	69			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.85	0.694	3.56	0.80%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	504	62	Jun 29(1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(12)	L(11-2)	4	11.2	8	2	2	5	5	0	0	2.58	3.59	48	10	21	6	3	7	75			0	0	0	42	1	1	3	0	0	0	1.82	0.555	2.55	0.47%	4.05	1b start a 1	12b 12- 2 out d1
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
14	505	71	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	L(11-3)	7	9.0	8	4	4	3	3	1	1	2.69	3.68	38	11	13	1	0	7	55			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.020	3.14	-0.03%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
15	506	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	W(12-3)	6	9.0	8	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.71	3.57	37	3	19	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.411	3.40	1.03%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
16	507	84	Jul 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(13-3)	5	9.0	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.60	3.57	33	10	16	1	0	4	72			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.50	0.787	2.92	0.92%	4.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	508	89	Jul 26	NYY		SLB	W,14-1	CG	W(14-3)	5	9.0	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.50	3.61	32	9	16	2	0	3	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.205	.92	0.35%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a13
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
18	509	93	Aug 1	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	L(14-4)	5	9.0	7	5	5	4	3	1	0	2.65	3.68	35	3	18	1	0	7	52			0	1	0	30	3	0	0	0	1	0	.50	-0.155	.82	-0.15%	0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
19	510	97	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(15-4)	3	9.0	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	2.50	3.57	35	7	15	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.350	1.86	0.46%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	511	101	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-8	GS-7	W(16-4)	3	7.0	8	7	4	2	2	0	0	2.61	3.55	32	7	13	2	0	8	39			0	0	0	30	3	2	0	0	0	2	.38	-0.132	.95	-0.20%	-3.20	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a6
21	512	106	Aug 13(2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,21-0	SHO(8)	W(17-4)	3	8.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.49	3.50	30	6	13	1	0	3	78			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.40	0.097	1.27	0.19%	4.57	1b start tie	8b 3 out a21
22	513	110	Aug 18	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(18-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.37	3.46	33	8	16	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	31	3	0	1	1	0	0	.90	0.424	1.69	0.48%	5.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
23	514	115	Aug 23(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-4	CG	W(19-4)	4	9.0	10	4	2	5	5	1	0	2.35	3.52	42	10	12	1	0	10	55			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.02	0.121	1.54	0.11%	1.46	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a12
24	515	120	Aug 27	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	W(20-4)	3	9.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	0	2.38	3.51	33	8	13	1	0	7	64			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.72	0.264	.18	0.04%	2.67	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
25	516	125	Sep 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG(8)	L(20-5)	5	8.0	19	12	10	1	3	1	0	2.72	3.53	43	8	12	1	3	19	2			1	0	0	40	5	1	0	2	1	1	.39	-0.371	.02	-0.01%	-7.10	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d7
26	517	132	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG(7)	W(21-5)	5	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.67	3.55	27	7	12	1	4	5	62			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.316	.00	0.00%	3.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
27	518	137	Sep 13	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	GS-6	L(21-6)	4	6.0	8	6	4	2	2	0	0	2.76	3.54	27	11	4	0	0	8	36			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
28	519	141	Sep 17(1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-8	GS-9	L(21-7)	3	8.1	13	8	7	3	1	1	0	2.93	3.59	40	11	12	1	0	13	25			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.04	-0.216	.00	0.00%	-4.01	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out d4
							21-7		W-L:21-7	4.6	233.1	211	88	76	75	97	15	2	2.93	3.59	968	0.56		4%	5%	207	58		---%	5	4	0	879	47	10	4	17	4	8	.91	5.940	2.20	10.24%	48.31

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