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: 21-17 / in Starts: 17-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 6

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 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	186	2	Apr 15	BOS		WSH	L,1-6	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	9	6	6	1	3	1	0	6.75	4.11	34	17	5	0	1	8	42			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	1	.43	-0.227	1.17	-0.37%	-1.35	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
2	187	7	Apr 22	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(12)	L(0-2)	6	11.0	10	4	3	3	8	0	1	4.26	3.17	49	19	11	0	1	7	68			0	0	0	43	3	1	0	0	2	2	1.92	0.321	4.83	0.49%	1.78	1b start tie	12b 12- 0 out d1
3	188	12	Apr 29	BOS		PHA	L,5-9	GS-4	L(0-3)	6	4.0	10	6	6	2	3	0	0	5.87	3.12	23	3	5	1	1	10	19			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.365	1.90	-0.37%	-3.68	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
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	189	14	May 2	BOS		CLE	L,3-8	9-GF		2	1.0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.38	3.11	8	3	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.41	-0.076	.69	-0.08%	-2.42	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 5
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees
5	190	20	May 11	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	W(1-3)	8	9.0	10	6	6	3	5	0	0	6.27	3.01	40	9	14	1	0	9	45			0	0	0	37	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.45	0.178	2.08	0.15%	-0.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	191	24	May 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-8		5	7.0	9	2	1	3	3	0	1	5.40	3.13	34	9	9	2	0	9	53			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.27	-0.062	2.20	-0.07%	0.22	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out tie
7	192	27	May 21(1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-15	GS-5		3	4.0	7	4	3	3	2	1	0	5.52	3.51	23	7	4	0	2	7	33			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.064	3.29	-0.11%	-1.43	1b start a 2	5b --- 0 out a2
8	193	32	May 24(2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-1	CG	W(2-3)	2	9.0	7	1	1	4	7	0	0	4.75	3.36	36	10	8	1	0	7	72			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.51	0.163	1.51	0.29%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
9	194	38	May 30(2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-3	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	6	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.50	3.36	35	8	13	1	5	6	63			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.66	0.186	1.29	0.22%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
10	195	42	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-6		4	6.0	10	7	7	1	4	0	0	5.03	3.24	29	11	4	1	0	9	27			2	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.499	2.44	-0.70%	-3.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
11	196	45	Jun 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	7.1	8	5	5	2	6	1	0	5.14	3.29	33	8	10	2	3	7	46			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.025	1.41	0.03%	-0.26	1b start a 3	8b 1-3 1 out a3
12	197	50	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	GS-4		4	3.2	8	7	4	1	2	1	0	5.35	3.42	21	10	0	0	0	8	24			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.305	4.16	-0.67%	-3.76	1b start a 3	4b 1-- 2 out a1
13	198	54	Jun 20	NYY		DET	L,6-11	7-GF		5	3.0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5.16	3.51	12	3	5	1	1	1		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.009	.18	0.02%	1.76	7t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
14	199	57	Jun 22(2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.04	3.49	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.032	1.01	0.08%	1.18	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
15	200	59	Jun 23(2)	NYY		SLB	L,6-10	7-GF		0	2.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.98	3.47	10	3	6	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.002	.95	0.00%	0.44	7t 1-3 1 out d3	9t end d 5
16	201	61	Jun 25(2)	NYY		SLB	W,16-4	CG	W(5-3)	1	9.0	10	4	3	2	3	0	0	4.80	3.41	38	11	12	1	2	10	54			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	1	0	.45	0.240	1.73	0.56%	1.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
17	202	66	Jun 29	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	6-GF	W(6-3)	3	3.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.64	3.36	12	3	4	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.459	9.47	1.20%	2.12	6t -2- 2 out tie	9t end a 1
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	203	69	Jul 2(2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-15	GS-2	L(6-4)	2	1.2	7	7	7	1	1	3	0	5.19	3.75	12	0	3	0	0	7	13			0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.430	3.81	-1.11%	-5.95	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d6
19	204	75	Jul 8(1)	NYY		PHA	L,0-4	1-GF		5	8.1	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	4.79	3.54	27	6	9	2	1	2		0	0	1	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.162	.82	0.29%	4.83	1t --- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
20	205	80	Jul 12(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-7	7-GF	W(7-4)	3	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.67	3.51	10	7	0	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.133	.89	0.11%	2.84	7b 123 1 out d2	9b end a 4
21	206	83	Jul 14(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(8-4)	1	9.0	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.48	3.47	38						62						34	1	0	0		1
22	207	88	Jul 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-7	6-GF	S(1)	4	4.0	3	3	3	0	3	1	0	4.55	3.50	15	4	5	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.184	.66	0.14%	-0.07	6b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 6
23	208	92	Jul 22(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-10	GS-5		2	4.0	10	7	4	1	3	1	0	4.69	3.56	24	3	9	3	1	8	22			4	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.320	1.44	-0.30%	-4.12	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d3
24	209	97	Jul 27	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-6	L(8-5)	4	5.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.78	3.51	23	4	7	2	1	8	37			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.080	1.06	-0.04%	0.09	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a1
25	210	98	Jul 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	11-GF(12)	L(8-6)	0	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.81	3.55	7	1	2	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	3.18	0.107	4.93	0.10%	-0.36	11b 123 0 out tie	12b end d 1
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
26	211	103	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(9-6)	3	9.0	2	1	0	3	9	0	0	4.51	3.45	32	5	13	0	5	2	87			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.567	1.56	0.39%	4.23	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
27	212	108	Aug 5(2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-1	CG	W(10-6)	3	9.0	9	1	1	2	9	0	0	4.30	3.33	36	9	9	0	6	7	72			0	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.42	0.261	.23	0.08%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
28	213	112	Aug 9	NYY		SLB	W,9-8	GS-8		3	7.0	7	7	3	3	6	0	0	4.28	3.29	32	9	8	1	0	6	46			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	1	.93	-0.215	.78	-0.11%	-2.29	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
29	214	116	Aug 13	NYY		DET	W,10-8	6-7	H(1)	3	0.2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.38	3.33	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.063	.61	-0.02%	-0.86	6t 1-3 2 out a4	7t 12- 1 out a3
30	215	121	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(11-6)	5	9.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.15	3.26	29	9	14	4	0	2	87			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	0.653	.38	0.13%	5.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	216	124	Aug 24(1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG(11)	W(12-6)	4	11.0	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.04	3.23	44	13	18	2	1	5	71			1	0	0	40	2	1	1	0	1	0	1.67	0.380	.20	0.03%	3.47	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
32	217	127	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,6-12	GS-1		5	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.24	3.24	4	0	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.227	.12	-0.02%	-3.03	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d2
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
33	218	130	Sep 1(2)	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-6)	1	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.04	3.20	31	4	20	1	5	2	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.627	.00	0.00%	5.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	219	134	Sep 6	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(14-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.95	3.22	33	8	14	2	2	6	68			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.27	0.548	.00	0.00%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
35	220	139	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	GS-4	L(14-7)	4	4.0	8	6	6	3	0	0	0	4.14	3.26	22	6	6	1	2	7	19			1	0	0	19	4	1	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.298	.00	0.00%	-3.48	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
36	221	143	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	W(15-7)	2	9.0	7	3	3	4	5	0	0	4.09	3.25	37	9	13	2	6	6	62			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	2	0	1	.39	0.207	.00	0.00%	2.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
37	222	147	Sep 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	GS-7		3	7.0	10	5	5	2	4	1	0	4.16	3.29	33	5	12	1	2	10	39			1	0	0	31	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.231	.00	0.00%	-0.58	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
38	223	151	Sep 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-13	GS-4	L(15-8)	6	3.1	11	8	7	0	2	0	1	4.38	3.28	21	3	5	0	2	10	10			0	1	0	19	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.442	.00	0.00%	-5.22	1b start a 3	4b -2- 1 out d4
							21-17		W-L:15-8,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.4	221.2	232	125	108	68	131	11	3	4.38	3.28	960	0.86		6%	10%	203	48	12	8%	14	6	0	867	46	17	4	10	11	13	.98	1.536	1.47	0.34%	8.61

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