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: 17-13 / in Starts: 17-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	367	2	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(0-1)	99	10.0	7	4	2	1	7	1	0	1.80	3.38	37	14	11	0	2	4	72			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.48	-0.137	3.47	-0.19%	1.41	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
2	368	7	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-3		5	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	3.34	7	4	2	0	0	1	55			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.139	2.15	0.21%	1.49	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out a1
3	369	11	Apr 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-5	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	7.2	9	5	5	5	3	2	0	3.15	5.03	35	4	14	3	0	9	39			0	1	0	30	1	2	0	1	0	0	.74	0.036	2.06	0.06%	-0.87	1b start a 1	8b --3 2 out a2
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	370	17	May 9	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-3	L(1-2)	10	2.1	5	5	4	3	0	0	0	4.43	5.24	16	5	3	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.265	3.03	-0.45%	-4.25	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d5
5	371	22	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	5	9.0	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.16	4.75	34	11	12	3	3	5	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.487	2.66	0.75%	4.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
6	372	26	May 19	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG(11)	L(2-3)	3	11.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.55	4.03	38	4	20	2	2	5	88			1	1	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.574	5.58	1.28%	4.96	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
7	373	31	May 25(1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.28	3.81	35	6	18	5	2	4	72			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.500	3.33	0.86%	3.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	374	36	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG(6)	W(4-3)	3	6.0	9	4	2	3	1	0	0	2.35	3.86	31	13	5	1	0	9	40			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.048	3.25	0.11%	-0.68	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a3
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	375	41	Jun 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	3	1	0	2.31	4.01	35	6	15	0	0	8	63			0	2	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.341	3.23	1.01%	2.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
10	376	47	Jun 11(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	W(6-3)	8	9.0	7	4	4	5	4	0	0	2.51	4.01	37	13	9	2	2	6	56			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.127	5.36	0.35%	1.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
11	377	57	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,0-7	GS-6	L(6-4)	9	5.2	9	7	6	1	2	1	0	3.00	4.10	28	7	9	1	1	9	26			0	0	0	25	4	1	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.143	3.78	-0.50%	-4.10	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d7
12	378	62	Jun 27	NYY		WSH	W,15-5	CG	W(7-4)	5	9.0	14	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.20	4.05	42	12	13	1	3	14	38			0	0	0	40	1	2	0	1	0	0	.69	0.036	4.10	0.13%	-0.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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
13	379	67	Jul 4(1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	L(7-5)	6	9.0	9	4	3	4	5	1	0	3.18	4.12	40	14	11	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.15	0.090	7.46	0.35%	0.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	380	73	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(8-5)	7	9.0	9	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.08	4.07	37	6	16	3	1	9	61			1	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.364	6.69	1.32%	2.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	381	78	Jul 18	NYY		SLB	L,1-4	GS-11	L(8-6)	5	10.1	8	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.12	4.12	42	11	14	1	2	8	62			0	1	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.337	9.37	1.12%	2.34	1t start tie	11t 123 1 out d1
16	382	84	Jul 24	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	L(8-7)	5	9.0	11	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.18	4.16	40	8	16	2	4	11	50			0	0	0	37	4	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.133	5.02	-0.78%	0.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
17	383	86	Jul 27	NYY		WSH	L,7-8	8-GF	L(8-8)	2	2.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.20	4.17	9	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	-0.175	10.73	-0.56%	0.08	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
18	384	89	Jul 30	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-6	L(8-9)	2	5.2	7	6	4	3	3	2	0	3.33	4.34	27	8	6	0	2	7	35			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.19	-0.418	5.64	-1.19%	-2.87	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d1
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
19	385	93	Aug 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG(5)	W(9-9)	5	5.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.34	4.32	20	7	5	0	1	4	49			1	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.007	3.54	0.02%	1.02	1b start tie	5b 3 out a8
20	386	97	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	6	2	1	4	3	0	0	3.20	4.29	37	10	14	1	4	6	68			0	0	0	33	1	0	2	1	0	1	2.19	0.517	8.75	1.24%	2.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	387	102	Aug 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(11-9)	3	9.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.13	4.23	33	7	17	1	5	4	72			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	.74	0.285	2.51	0.58%	3.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
22	388	107	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,0-6	GS-3	L(11-10)	4	3.0	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.24	4.33	15	3	6	0	0	2	39			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.144	5.23	-0.51%	-1.36	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
23	389	110	Aug 21(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	W(12-10)	2	9.0	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.18	4.37	36	18	8	2	0	7	62			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	1	.42	0.140	1.44	0.29%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
24	390	116	Aug 25(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	7	1	1	5	1	0	0	3.07	4.38	38	12	13	3	3	7	65			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.65	0.266	1.31	0.32%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
25	391	122	Aug 28(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(14-10)	2	9.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.02	4.36	35	10	16	1	4	5	65			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.436	2.02	0.49%	3.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
26	392	127	Sep 7(2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	GS-9	W(15-10)	9	8.2	9	2	2	2	2	1	1	2.97	4.40	38	11	13	0	2	9	58			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.443	1.27	0.31%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a3
27	393	133	Sep 12	NYY		DET	L,5-8	GS-8		4	7.1	6	5	4	4	5	1	0	3.04	4.43	32	6	11	1	6	6	49			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.315	4.06	-0.64%	-0.96	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d1
28	394	138	Sep 16	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	CG	L(15-11)	3	9.0	7	5	5	0	2	2	0	3.13	4.48	35	13	13	1	4	7	55			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.178	.05	-0.01%	-0.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
29	395	143	Sep 22(1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS-		5	4.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.19	4.48	20						37						18					0
30	396	149	Sep 29(2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	SHO(5)	W(16-11)	6	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.12	4.43	16	12	0	0	0	2	65			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.233	.00	0.00%	2.71	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
							17-13		W-L:16-11	4.5	222.0	202	88	77	76	81	16	1	3.12	4.43	925	0.82		6%	9%	180	55	0	---%	4	7	0	842	30	10	3	18	0	13	1.02	3.498	4.04	5.97%	35.43

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