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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	8 (2)	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	11 (2)	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	15 (3)	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (3)	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	GS	40	8.1	0	2	0	2	1
6	24 (4)	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	27 (2)	May 15	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	31 (3)	May 21 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
9	34 (2)	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	37 (2)	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,1-8	GS	27	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	40 (2)	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	41	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	44 (2)	Jun 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	11.2	0	1	1	2	0
14	48 (3)	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	52 (3)	Jun 19 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-16	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	55 (2)	Jun 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
17	59 (3)	Jun 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	64 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	68 (3)	Jul 2 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	74 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	GF	0	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
22	77 (2)	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	GS	31	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
23	82 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	87 (4)	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	90 (2)	Jul 24	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	93 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	96 (2)	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,7-8	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	99 (2)	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	105 (5)	Aug 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	109 (3)	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	113 (3)	Aug 14	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	115 (1)	Aug 16	BOS		CLE	L,8-10	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	118 (2)	Aug 20	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	123 (4)	Aug 24	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	127 (3)	Aug 28	BOS		SLB	L,6-8	CG	48	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	131 (3)	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-14	GS	13	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	132	Sep 3 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-8	GF	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
38	134 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
39	140 (5)	Sep 10	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-2	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	141	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	146 (4)	Sep 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	150 (3)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-14	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
							42gm		289.0	7	51	3	61	4