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: 16-14 / in Starts: 16-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	520	1	Apr 16	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(0-1)	99	9.2	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	1.86	4.24	36	8	14	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.52	0.240	3.70	0.35%	2.99	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
2	521	5	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	W(1-1)	7	9.0	10	4	4	2	1	1	0	2.89	4.55	37	6	18	0	0	10	50			1	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	.72	0.233	1.76	0.34%	0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	522	10	Apr 30	NYY		SLB	L,1-2	CG	L(1-2)	5	9.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.60	4.30	33	7	13	1	3	5	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.234	1.89	0.31%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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	523	15	May 6	NYY		DET	L,4-6	GS-8		5	7.2	8	4	4	4	5	3	0	3.06	5.18	35	9	9	0	0	8	48			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.14	-0.039	2.22	-0.05%	0.20	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out tie
5	524	21	May 12	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	5	9.0	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.44	4.51	33	9	8	0	0	6	81			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.485	.81	0.23%	4.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	525	24	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(2-3)	6	8.0	9	5	5	4	1	0	0	2.92	4.47	37	12	12	1	0	8	41			0	0	0	30	1	2	2	0	0	0	.67	-0.100	.80	-0.07%	-0.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
7	526	28	May 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	L(2-4)	3	8.2	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	2.95	4.52	35	7	15	1	1	7	58			0	1	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.45	0.085	1.68	0.06%	2.00	1b start a 2	9b 12- 2 out d1
8	527	34	May 30(1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-4)	6	9.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	2.57	4.44	30	10	12	1	0	2	82			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	.61	0.331	1.19	0.39%	4.85	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
9	528	40	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	7.0	11	7	3	0	0	3	0	2.69	4.82	32	12	9	1	0	11	35			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	2	.60	-0.222	1.34	-0.30%	-3.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d7
10	529	45	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	9	3	3	2	6	1	0	2.72	4.71	36	4	15	2	0	9	61			0	1	0	34	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.38	0.271	3.23	0.38%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	530	50	Jun 16(1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-12	GS-4	L(4-6)	6	4.0	7	7	7	4	1	0	0	3.30	4.74	22	9	1	1	0	7	17			0	0	0	18	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.419	2.20	-0.55%	-4.71	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
12	531	55	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,12-7	GS-6	W(5-6)	4	5.2	8	5	5	5	3	0	0	3.57	4.73	30	3	11	0	0	8	31			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.75	0.041	1.19	0.04%	-1.83	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a4
13	532	60	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	3	0	1	3.35	4.67	38	9	15	1	0	6	70			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	0.615	1.68	0.39%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
14	533	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	W(7-6)	4	9.0	10	4	4	2	7	0	1	3.40	4.49	40	3	18	0	3	9	56			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.231	.43	0.14%	0.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
15	534	70	Jul 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	GS-4		4	4.0	7	5	5	5	2	0	0	3.67	4.54	23	5	4	0	0	7	25			0	2	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.309	2.29	-0.29%	-2.82	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d3
16	535	76	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-6)	7	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.41	4.41	31	10	11	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.390	.99	0.34%	4.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	536	82	Jul 20	NYY		DET	L,1-3	GS-4	L(8-7)	5	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.38	4.37	16	2	9	0	0	3	52			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.096	3.62	0.19%	1.16	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
18	537	87	Jul 25	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-8	CG	W(9-7)	4	9.0	12	8	8	4	3	2	0	3.67	4.51	43	5	19	1	0	12	30			0	0	0	39	2	2	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.096	.33	-0.04%	-2.85	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
19	538	92	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	GS-8	W(10-7)	4	7.2	12	6	6	2	1	3	0	3.85	4.73	34	5	14	3	0	12	30			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	1	0	0	.66	0.236	.90	0.19%	-1.24	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a2
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
20	539	97	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(10-8)	4	8.0	10	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.82	4.63	33	7	13	0	0	10	51			2	1	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.001	.70	0.00%	1.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
21	540	103	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	GS-3		4	2.1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.77	4.66	11	1	3	0	0	1	53			1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.061	.12	0.00%	0.67	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out tie
22	541	108	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(11-8)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	7	3	0	3.73	4.76	35	6	14	1	0	6	68			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.053	.31	0.01%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
23	542	112	Aug 20(1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(12-8)	5	9.0	8	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.69	4.74	38	2	21	3	0	8	60			1	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.381	.54	0.08%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	543	118	Aug 25(1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-1	CG	L(12-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.56	4.68	36	7	16	0	0	5	73			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.282	1.78	0.22%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
25	544	124	Sep 1(1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(13-9)	6	9.0	8	2	1	3	4	0	0	3.44	4.61	38	9	15	0	1	7	66			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.56	0.555	1.97	0.42%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	545	131	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(13-10)	4	8.0	10	3	3	1	4	2	0	3.44	4.65	34	7	12	2	0	10	53			0	1	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	.60	-0.026	2.59	-0.07%	1.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
27	546	135	Sep 11(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS-3	L(13-11)	4	2.1	5	5	1	1	2	0	0	3.44	4.62	15	4	3	0	0	5	36			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.12	-0.389	13.61	-2.84%	-3.92	1b start a 2	3b 1-- 1 out d3
28	547	139	Sep 15(1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-10	GS-5	L(13-12)	3	4.0	6	6	2	2	3	1	0	3.46	4.66	21	2	8	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.294	3.38	-0.69%	-3.06	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d1
29	548	145	Sep 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	W(14-12)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.36	4.66	35	7	20	0	0	7	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.199	.21	0.06%	4.10	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
30	549	150	Sep 26(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	W(15-12)	6	9.0	10	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.38	4.57	38	9	16	1	0	10	54			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.55	0.394	.00	0.00%	0.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							16-14		W-L:15-12	4.6	226.0	218	98	85	76	97	24	3	3.38	4.57	955	0.53		4%	1%	215	54		---%	6	12	0	867	43	7	8	12	0	11	.99	3.520	1.63	-0.74%	25.54

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