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: 22-13 / in Starts: 19-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 3

1932 Pitching Game Log

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1932 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	261	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-6	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.79	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.007	.49	0.01%	0.84	9b 123 2 out a6	9b end a 6
2	262	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-9	GS-7		2	6.1	7	6	5	2	9	2	1	6.75	5.34	29	5	6	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.405	2.21	-0.65%	-2.55	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
3	263	7	Apr 21	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	GS-9	L(0-1)	5	8.0	5	7	6	9	6	2	0	6.75	6.75	39	13	7	0	0	4	43			3	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.579	3.89	-1.05%	-2.55	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out d1
4	264	10	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	8-GF	BW(1-1)	4	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.06	6.28	6	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	0.205	11.32	0.41%	0.80	8t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end a 1
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
5	265	14	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	5.55	5.30	33	20	2	0	1	8	49			1	0	0	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.141	2.43	-0.35%	0.58	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
6	266	18	May 7	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	W(2-2)	5	9.0	4	1	1	1	9	1	0	4.32	4.56	31	3	14	0	0	4	83			0	0	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.336	2.99	0.71%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	267	22	May 15	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-2)	7	9.0	4	0	0	2	12	0	0	3.40	3.76	32	5	9	1	2	4	89			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	1	.82	0.445	3.26	1.06%	5.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	268	27	May 19(2)	NYY		WSH	L,7-12	GS-7		3	6.0	7	7	5	5	3	1	0	3.91	4.10	31	6	12	2	2	5	32			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.404	7.53	-1.30%	-3.52	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a2
9	269	32	May 23	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.08	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.80	0.379	27.46	1.08%	1.24	9t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end a 1
10	270	34	May 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-2)	2	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.26	3.88	36	16	12	3	5	3	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	3	.91	0.426	5.51	1.55%	5.15	1b start tie	9b 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
11	271	40	Jun 1(1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	GS-11		5	11.0	7	6	5	7	8	1	0	3.39	3.97	47	13	14	1	2	5	62			0	0	0	40	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.72	-0.005	9.64	-0.02%	0.62	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
12	272	44	Jun 4(1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-10	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.30	3.95	8	2	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.026	1.49	0.09%	1.20	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
13	273	47	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	W(5-2)	2	9.0	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	2.93	3.67	37	12	10	0	1	9	71			0	0	0	37	4	0	0	0	0	1	.51	0.118	3.10	0.43%	3.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
14	274	52	Jun 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-5	GS-5		4	4.0	5	4	2	7	1	0	0	3.00	3.85	24	5	6	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.105	6.19	-0.38%	-1.32	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out a5
15	275	56	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	10	0	0	2.81	3.60	38	11	10	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.426	5.09	1.33%	3.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
16	276	60	Jun 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-8	GS-7		4	6.2	8	7	7	3	8	1	0	3.25	3.61	31	6	6	2	2	8	35			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.176	3.87	-0.52%	-2.84	1b start a 1	7b --- 2 out a1
17	277	62	Jun 23	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	3.60	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.28	0.01%	0.61	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
18	278	64	Jun 26	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	CG	W(7-2)	2	9.0	7	2	2	5	6	1	0	3.12	3.68	36	13	7	0	1	5	66			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	1	.82	0.240	5.06	0.88%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
19	279	70	Jul 2(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(7-3)	5	8.0	10	6	6	6	5	0	0	3.37	3.69	39	13	6	0	1	9	37			1	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.270	2.60	-0.61%	-1.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
20	280	75	Jul 8	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(8-3)	5	9.0	6	2	2	3	10	0	0	3.27	3.54	36	8	10	0	0	5	74			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.473	8.56	1.85%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	281	79	Jul 10(2)	NYY		SLB	L,7-8		L(8-4)	1	2.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.29	3.46	11												10					0
22	282	81	Jul 12	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(9-4)	1	9.0	7	2	1	4	4	0	0	3.14	3.45	37	10	12	0	0	7	67			0	2	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.390	5.93	1.13%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	283	87	Jul 17(2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	8	0	0	3.07	3.38	35						73						30	0	0			0
24	284	92	Jul 23(1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG(15)	W(11-4)	5	15.0	7	3	3	6	10	1	0	2.95	3.39	55	15	18	0	6	6	95			1	1	0	48	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.938	6.04	2.39%	5.34	1t start tie	15t 3 out tie
25	285	98	Jul 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-1	CG	W(12-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	10	1	1	2.85	3.39	36	9	8	3	0	5	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	2	.53	0.246	3.80	1.05%	4.68	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
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	286	103	Aug 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(12-5)	5	9.2	8	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.84	3.34	37	11	12	1	3	7	64			1	2	0	32	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.84	-0.011	6.11	-0.02%	2.19	1b start tie	10b 1-- 2 out d1
27	287	107	Aug 7(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-5	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	11	5	5	6	8	1	0	2.95	3.39	43						47						37	3	0			0
28	288	111	Aug 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(14-5)	5	10.0	3	0	0	2	12	0	0	2.80	3.27	35	6	12	2	3	3	96			2	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.960	3.98	1.44%	5.73	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
29	289	116	Aug 19(1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	L(14-6)	5	9.0	9	4	2	4	3	0	0	2.76	3.28	40	11	13	4	2	9	56			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.045	1.16	0.03%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
30	290	122	Aug 24	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	W(15-6)	4	9.0	8	3	2	4	5	0	1	2.73	3.28	40	8	14	0	3	8	62			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.199	.81	0.11%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
31	291	129	Aug 29(2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	13	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.74	3.29	40	8	15	0	4	11	53			0	0	0	39	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.456	.29	0.06%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
32	292	133	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	W(17-6)	4	9.0	11	5	5	5	6	0	0	2.83	3.28	39	7	13	2	1	8	46			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	-0.227	.47	-0.05%	0.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
33	293	139	Sep 9(1)	NYY	@	DET	L,13-14	GS-4		5	3.2	3	4	4	7	3	0	0	2.94	3.34	21	1	7	2	2	3	35			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-2.24	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out a1
34	294	144	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG(12)	W(18-6)	2	12.0	14	3	3	8	3	0	0	2.90	3.38	55	13	17	2	4	14	57			0	0	0	46	3	1	3	3	0	0	2.03	0.598	.00	0.00%	4.57	1b start tie	12b 3 out a5
35	295	152	Sep 21	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG(8)	L(18-7)	8	8.0	10	8	6	1	4	3	0	3.02	3.50	35	2	20	3	0	8	37			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.532	.00	0.00%	-3.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
							22-13		W-L:18-7,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.8	259.0	219	102	87	115	190	16	3	3.02	3.50	1098	0.85		5%	8%	174	60	7	14%	12	8	1	967	38	12	4	15	0	18	1.16	3.877	3.80	10.67%	44.16

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