Red Ruffing
Charles Herbert Ruffing
Born: May 3, 1905
Granville, IL USA
Deceased: 1986
Mayfield Heights, OH USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, RF, LF, OF, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 205
Career: 1924-1947
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.
Minor League Statistics
Red Ruffing compiled a career record of 273 wins and 225 losses in his 882-game career with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1924 season and last took the field during the 1947 campaign. Ruffing was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1924 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 108 | |
1925 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 9 | 18 | .333 | 5.01 | 37 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 217.3 | 253 | 135 | 121 | 10 | 75 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 957 |
1926 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 6 | 15 | .286 | 4.39 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 166.0 | 169 | 98 | 81 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 724 |
1927 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.66 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 158.3 | 160 | 94 | 82 | 7 | 87 | 0 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 703 |
1928 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 10 | 25 | .286 | 3.89 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 289.3 | 303 | 147 | 125 | 8 | 96 | 0 | 118 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1273 |
1929 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 9 | 22 | .290 | 4.86 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 244.3 | 280 | 162 | 132 | 17 | 118 | 0 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1112 |
1930 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 114 |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | 15 | 5 | .750 | 4.14 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 197.7 | 200 | 106 | 91 | 10 | 62 | 0 | 117 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 846 |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | 16 | 14 | .533 | 4.41 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 237.0 | 240 | 130 | 116 | 11 | 87 | 0 | 132 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1042 |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | 18 | 7 | .720 | 3.09 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 259.0 | 219 | 102 | 89 | 16 | 115 | 0 | 190 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1098 |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3.91 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 235.0 | 230 | 118 | 102 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 122 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1006 |
1934 | AL | New York Yankees | 19 | 11 | .633 | 3.93 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 256.3 | 232 | 134 | 112 | 18 | 104 | 0 | 149 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1100 |
1935 | AL | New York Yankees | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.12 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 222.0 | 201 | 88 | 77 | 17 | 76 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 925 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | 20 | 12 | .625 | 3.85 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 271.0 | 274 | 133 | 116 | 22 | 90 | 0 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1151 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | 20 | 7 | .741 | 2.98 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 256.3 | 242 | 101 | 85 | 17 | 68 | 0 | 131 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1058 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | 21 | 7 | .750 | 3.31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 247.3 | 246 | 104 | 91 | 16 | 82 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1043 |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | 21 | 7 | .750 | 2.93 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 233.3 | 211 | 88 | 76 | 15 | 75 | 0 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 968 |
1940 | AL | New York Yankees | 15 | 12 | .556 | 3.38 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 226.0 | 218 | 98 | 85 | 24 | 76 | 0 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 954 |
1941 | AL | New York Yankees | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.54 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 185.7 | 177 | 87 | 73 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 771 |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.21 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 193.7 | 183 | 72 | 69 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 784 |
1945 | AL | New York Yankees | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.89 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.3 | 85 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 364 |
1946 | AL | New York Yankees | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.77 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 61.0 | 37 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 243 |
1947 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 63 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 235 |
Totals | 273 | 225 | .548 | 3.80 | 624 | 536 | 71 | 335 | 45 | 16 | 4344.0 | 4284 | 2117 | 1833 | 254 | 1541 | 0 | 1987 | 58 | 7 | 46 | 18579 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1924 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .429 | .571 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 37 | 83 | 79 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .215 | .235 | .316 | .551 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 37 | 55 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .196 | .226 | .275 | .501 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 29 | 62 | 55 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .255 | .268 | .345 | .613 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1928 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 60 | 131 | 121 | 12 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .314 | .331 | .488 | .818 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 60 | 120 | 114 | 9 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .307 | .325 | .439 | .763 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .455 | .727 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | 52 | 106 | 99 | 15 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .374 | .415 | .596 | 1.011 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | 48 | 116 | 109 | 14 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .330 | .336 | .505 | .841 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | 55 | 132 | 124 | 20 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .306 | .338 | .444 | .782 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | 55 | 124 | 115 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .252 | .295 | .348 | .643 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | AL | New York Yankees | 45 | 117 | 113 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .248 | .274 | .327 | .601 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1935 | AL | New York Yankees | 50 | 114 | 109 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .339 | .363 | .486 | .849 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | 53 | 140 | 127 | 14 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .291 | .348 | .449 | .797 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | 54 | 144 | 129 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .202 | .275 | .248 | .523 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | 45 | 125 | 107 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21 | .224 | .331 | .364 | .695 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | 44 | 124 | 114 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .307 | .347 | .342 | .689 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | AL | New York Yankees | 33 | 93 | 89 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .124 | .152 | .202 | .354 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | AL | New York Yankees | 38 | 94 | 89 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .303 | .333 | .483 | .816 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | 30 | 88 | 80 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .250 | .302 | .338 | .640 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | AL | New York Yankees | 21 | 46 | 46 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .217 | .217 | .326 | .543 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | AL | New York Yankees | 8 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .120 | .154 | .160 | .314 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 14 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .208 | .240 | .208 | .448 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 882 | 2083 | 1937 | 207 | 521 | 98 | 13 | 36 | 273 | 1 | 1 | 97 | 266 | .269 | .306 | .389 | .695 | 753 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1924 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | |
1925 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 1.541 | |
1926 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.189 | |
1927 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.692 | |
1928 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 51 | 3 | 4 | .951 | 1.381 | |
1929 | AL | Boston Red Sox | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | |
1929 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 46 | 3 | 1 | .946 | 1.514 | |
1930 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .938 | .882 | |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .973 | |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 4 | .955 | 1.200 | |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 45 | 2 | 5 | .964 | 1.514 | |
1934 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.167 | |
1935 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.433 | |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 56 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 2.091 | |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.194 | |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.452 | |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .952 | 1.429 | |
1940 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 1.200 | |
1941 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.217 | |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 1.583 | |
1945 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.182 | |
1946 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1947 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
Totals | 627 | 0 | 0.0 | 155 | 677 | 27 | 51 | .969 | 1.327 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
1941 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.08 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
Totals | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.63 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 | 74 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1932 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 14 | 38 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .176 | .243 | .206 | .449 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1932 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
1941 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 17.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .509 | .500 |
Totals | 10 | 10 | 85.7 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.101 | 2.000 |
Awards
1938 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1939 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1941 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
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