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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-15 / in Starts: 17-6
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 94 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	78 (38-29-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 94 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	62 (32-19-10)

Most Driven In
J Gordon	9
J Priddy	3
G Selkirk	2
F Crosetti	2
B Dickey	2
Self	2
F Bordagaray	1
P Rizzuto	1

Most Driven In By
R Rolfe	3
Self	2
T Henrich	2
J DiMaggio	2
J Priddy	1

1941 Batting Game Log

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1941 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	772	2 (1)	Apr 15	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.54	-0.111	4.48	-0.19%	-0.73	P
2	773	5 (2)	Apr 18	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.15	-0.004	.35	-0.01%	-0.11	PH
3	774	7 (1)	Apr 20	NYY	@	PHA	W,19-5	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	9	.65	0.076	1.63	0.11%	1.61	P
4	775	13 (5)	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	.35	-0.027	1.13	-0.05%	-0.60	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	776	18 (4)	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593	9	.90	0.040	3.46	0.09%	0.28	P
6	777	19	May 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.286	.552	7	3.27	-0.094	12.09	-0.21%	-0.37	PH
7	778	24 (4)	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-6	3	3	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.647	1.036	9	.78	0.241	2.89	0.53%	2.71	P
8	779	25	May 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-13	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.611	.980	9	.02	-0.001	.08	0.00%	-0.34	PH
9	780	28 (2)	May 14	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.524	.842	9	1.74	-0.038	5.37	-0.07%	-0.42	P
10	781	29	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.500	.804	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
11	782	30	May 16	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.522	.855	8	2.46	0.062	5.77	0.09%	1.00	PH
12	783	34 (3)	May 20	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	GS-7	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.370	.500	.870	9	1.19	0.113	2.27	0.13%	0.90	P
13	784	38 (3)	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.393	.520	.913	9	3.00	0.117	7.50	0.18%	0.84	PH
14	785	40 (1)	May 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-8	GS-6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.419	.536	.955	9	.65	0.023	1.39	0.03%	0.81	P
15	786	43 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.379	.438	.552	.989	3	1.01	0.052	3.11	0.10%	0.27	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	787	45 (1)	Jun 1 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.389	.485	.874	9	.64	-0.065	2.43	-0.15%	-0.87	P
17	788	49 (3)	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.378	.471	.849	8	4.05	-0.152	13.24	-0.30%	-0.72	PH
18	789	51 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.366	.447	.813	9	.74	-0.073	2.15	-0.13%	-0.36	P
19	790	54 (2)	Jun 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.381	.487	.868	9	2.84	0.381	11.11	0.90%	1.09	PH
20	791	56 (1)	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.317	.364	.463	.827	9	.62	-0.037	3.74	-0.13%	-0.69	P
21	792	57	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.310	.356	.452	.808	9	4.73	0.076	29.63	0.28%	0.34	PH
22	793	58	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.348	.442	.790	3	6.72	-0.176	34.36	-0.54%	-0.45	PH
23	794	59	Jun 18	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.362	.455	.816	9	3.53	0.135	17.29	0.40%	0.39	PH
24	795	63 (3)	Jun 22	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.340	.426	.766	9	1.04	-0.081	4.94	-0.23%	-0.81	P
25	796	67 (3)	Jun 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.458	.811	1	2.89	0.316	14.66	0.96%	1.54	PH
26	797	69 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-4	GS-6	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.352	.471	.822	9	.85	0.101	4.50	0.32%	0.87	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	798	74 (4)	Jul 5	NYY		PHA	W,10-5	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.345	.379	.509	.888	9	1.22	0.198	6.81	0.66%	1.48	P
28	799	81 (6)	Jul 13 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.322	.355	.475	.829	9	.94	-0.096	4.25	-0.26%	-0.56	P
29	800	88 (6)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-2	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.302	.333	.444	.778	9	1.06	-0.180	3.44	-0.35%	-2.14	P
30	801	95 (6)	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.299	.329	.433	.761	9	.61	-0.099	.39	-0.04%	-0.93	P
31	802	96	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.324	.426	.750	9	2.13	-0.052	1.28	-0.02%	-0.59	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	803	102 (5)	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,2-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.311	.408	.719	9	.56	-0.046	.24	-0.01%	-0.46	P
33	804	110 (7)	Aug 9	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.321	.405	.726	9	1.07	-0.025	.79	-0.01%	0.50	P
34	805	119 (8)	Aug 16	NYY		PHA	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.309	.390	.698	9	1.58	-0.119	.06	0.00%	-0.98	P
35	806	126 (6)	Aug 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.305	.385	.689	9	2.13	-0.053	.04	0.00%	-0.16	PH
36	807	128 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.314	.402	.716	9	1.48	0.151	.00	0.00%	2.19	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	808	145 (16)	Sep 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.315	.412	.726	9	2.22	0.198	.00	0.00%	0.85	P
38	809	151 (5)	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	L,8-9	GS-9	4	4	2	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.333	.483	.816	9	2.00	0.205	.00	0.00%	2.81	P
							23-15		94	89	10	27	8	1	2	22	4	0	12	0	1		1	2	0	0	.303	.333	.483	.816		1.30	0.956	3.61	2.07%	7.96

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