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: 21-15 / in Starts: 18-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 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	331	2	Apr 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	5	5	1	8	3	0	5.00	6.07	38	7	13	2	2	9	56			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	1	.69	0.063	1.58	0.09%	-0.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
2	332	6	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-0)	5	9.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.50	4.68	33	11	11	0	6	4	80			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	0.764	4.59	1.31%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	333	11	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	11	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.00	4.37	40	17	7	0	1	11	48			0	1	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.087	2.95	-0.16%	0.99	1b start tie	9b 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
4	334	15	May 5	NYY		DET	W,10-6	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	6.0	8	5	4	3	1	0	0	3.55	4.36	28	6	10	1	2	8	36			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.016	2.22	0.04%	-1.59	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a6
5	335	20	May 10	NYY		CHW	W,13-3	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	8	3	1	5	3	0	0	3.00	4.33	40	16	9	1	3	7	61			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	3	0	3	.22	0.125	.90	0.30%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
6	336	25	May 18	NYY	@	DET	L,8-10	GS-5		7	4.1	10	8	8	3	0	0	0	4.27	4.41	26	8	5	0	3	10	8			0	0	0	23	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.663	6.03	-2.02%	-6.37	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d2
7	337	30	May 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-14	GS-8	L(5-1)	4	7.0	13	9	9	6	8	3	0	5.23	5.02	41	4	10	2	3	13	17			1	0	0	34	2	0	2	0	0	1	.87	-0.259	3.64	-0.65%	-4.22	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d5
8	338	34	May 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,7-16	GS-4	L(5-2)	3	3.2	6	9	5	5	3	1	0	5.68	5.29	23	9	1	0	0	5	19			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.25	-0.595	5.75	-1.64%	-6.66	1b start a 3	4b --- 2 out d5
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	339	40	Jun 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-8	2-7		5	6.0	2	2	2	3	5	1	0	5.43	5.28	23	3	11	2	1	1		1	0	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.050	3.57	0.11%	1.96	2b -2- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
10	340	44	Jun 6(2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-8	L(5-3)	3	7.0	8	6	5	3	4	1	0	5.53	5.27	32	8	9	0	2	8	40			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.314	6.26	-0.85%	-0.82	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out tie
11	341	51	Jun 16	NYY		DET	W,8-4	CG	W(6-3)	9	9.0	9	4	4	1	6	1	0	5.35	5.08	35	6	13	1	2	9	58			1	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.07	-0.148	6.39	-0.53%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	342	56	Jun 20(2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-3)	3	9.0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	4.81	4.76	29	4	16	3	5	1	91			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.550	4.89	1.82%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	343	60	Jun 24	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	0	4.36	4.61	32	16	3	0	2	5	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.249	2.42	0.64%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	344	64	Jun 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.99	4.50	34	9	14	2	2	2	82			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.435	5.42	1.38%	4.99	1b start tie	9b 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
15	345	67	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	L,9-10	GS-5		4	4.0	7	6	5	2	3	2	0	4.25	4.69	21	4	6	1	2	6	27			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.338	4.98	-1.13%	-4.22	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d5
16	346	71	Jul 6	NYY		WSH	L,8-9	GS-7	L(9-4)	2	6.0	7	7	6	5	3	0	0	4.50	4.69	31	3	13	0	6	7	30			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.403	6.90	-1.36%	-3.09	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d1
17	347	76	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	W(10-4)	6	9.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	4.32	4.63	37	9	19	2	8	2	66			2	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.543	11.45	2.90%	3.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
18	348	79	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.29	4.67	6	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.051	13.88	0.17%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
19	349	81	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,14-15	GS-5		1	4.2	8	8	8	3	2	1	0	4.68	4.75	25	5	11	2	2	4	15			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.621	6.27	-2.08%	-5.44	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d3
20	350	83	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	9-GF(13)	L(10-5)	1	4.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	4.59	4.73	19	6	7	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.46	0.275	12.13	0.81%	1.46	9b --- 0 out tie	13b end d 1
21	351	87	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(11-5)	2	9.0	8	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.43	4.64	39	15	7	1	2	8	64			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.379	6.08	1.30%	3.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
22	352	93	Jul 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS-3	L(11-6)	5	3.0	6	6	3	1	1	2	0	4.52	4.80	17	6	5	0	2	4	29			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.353	6.31	-1.26%	-4.34	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d5
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
23	353	97	Aug 2	NYY		BOS	W,12-4	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	5	4	2	3	5	0	0	4.38	4.70	34	8	13	0	2	5	67			0	0	0	31	0	1	1	1	0	1	1.01	-0.078	6.16	-0.29%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
24	354	103	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-9	GS-3	L(12-7)	5	2.2	11	8	8	1	0	0	0	4.75	4.69	19	2	5	0	4	11	3			0	0	1	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.456	3.88	-1.63%	-6.68	1b start a 1	3b -2- 2 out d7
25	355	109	Aug 14(2)	NYY		DET	L,3-7	CG	L(12-8)	5	9.0	12	7	7	2	11	1	0	4.88	4.59	41	10	9	2	3	9	44			0	0	0	39	0	1	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.338	6.58	-1.54%	-2.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
26	356	113	Aug 18	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG(12)	W(13-8)	3	12.0	6	1	1	4	11	0	0	4.60	4.44	45	10	14	0	4	6	93			0	1	0	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.936	5.95	1.96%	5.52	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
27	357	119	Aug 23	NYY		CLE	W,9-2	CG	W(14-8)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.48	4.38	35	10	11	0	4	6	69			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.140	2.00	0.28%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
28	358	123	Aug 26(2)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-8)	2	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.27	4.30	30	18	2	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.634	3.38	1.25%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	359	127	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(16-8)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	4.13	4.23	35	7	12	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.508	2.78	0.67%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
30	360	131	Sep 3(2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-10	4-7		2	3.1	5	4	1	1	2	0	0	4.11	4.21	19	6	5	0	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.033	.37	-0.04%	-2.12	4t 1-- 2 out d4	7t 3 out d8
31	361	132	Sep 6	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS-9	W(17-8)	2	8.0	7	3	1	2	1	0	0	4.00	4.19	34	13	11	0	1	7	59			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	.99	0.036	1.09	0.02%	0.69	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
32	362	135	Sep 9(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5		W(18-8)	2	7.0	2	0	0	5	7	0	0	3.87	4.16	28												21					0
33	363	140	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-12	GS-5	L(18-9)	4	5.0	7	6	5	3	1	1	0	3.99	4.23	25	8	9	0	1	4	29			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.88	-0.295	3.56	-0.72%	-3.08	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
34	364	144	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(18-10)	3	8.0	7	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.93	4.21	31	8	11	1	2	7	65			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.119	.52	0.05%	2.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
35	365	148	Sep 23(2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	W(19-10)	4	10.0	6	4	4	7	5	0	0	3.91	4.21	41						62						34	1	1			0
36	366	154	Sep 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(19-11)	6	8.0	6	5	0	2	5	0	0	3.79	4.16	33	8	13	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.241	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
							21-15		W-L:19-11,Sv:1	3.7	256.1	232	134	108	104	149	18	1	3.79	4.16	1099	0.89		4%	13%	202	52	2	0%	9	4	1	981	38	7	7	12	0	16	1.02	0.651	4.45	-0.78%	4.33

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