Red Ruffing

Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing (May 3, 1905 – February 17, 1986) was a Major League Baseball pitcher most remembered for his time with the highly successful New York Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Red Ruffing.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1924	BOS	0-0	6.65	8	2	0	0	0	23	29	17	17	9	10
1925	BOS	9-18	5.01	37	27	13	3	1	217	253	135	121	75	64
1926	BOS	6-15	4.39	37	22	6	0	2	166	169	96	81	68	58
1927	BOS	5-13	4.66	26	18	10	0	2	158	160	94	82	87	77
1928	BOS	10-25	3.89	42	34	25	1	2	289	303	147	125	96	118
1929	BOS	9-22	4.86	35	32	18	1	1	244	280	162	132	118	109
1930	BOS	0-3	6.38	4	3	1	0	0	24	32	19	17	6	14
1930	NYY	15-5	4.14	34	25	12	2	1	197	200	106	91	62	117
1931	NYY	16-14	4.41	37	30	19	1	2	237	240	130	116	87	132
1932	NYY	18-7	3.09	35	29	22	3	2	259	219	102	89	115	190
1933	NYY	9-14	3.91	35	28	18	0	3	235	230	118	102	93	122
1934	NYY	19-11	3.93	36	31	19	5	0	256	232	134	112	104	149
1935	NYY	16-11	3.12	30	29	19	2	0	222	201	88	77	76	81
1936	NYY	20-12	3.85	33	33	25	3	0	271	274	133	116	90	102
1937	NYY	20-7	2.98	31	31	22	4	0	256	242	101	85	68	131
1938	NYY	21-7	3.31	31	31	22	3	0	247	246	104	91	82	127
1939	NYY	21-7	2.93	28	28	22	5	0	233	211	88	76	75	95
1940	NYY	15-12	3.38	30	30	20	3	0	226	218	98	85	76	97
1941	NYY	15-6	3.54	23	23	13	2	0	185	177	87	73	54	60
1942	NYY	14-7	3.21	24	24	16	4	0	193	183	72	69	41	80
1945	NYY	7-3	2.89	11	11	8	1	0	87	85	32	28	20	24
1946	NYY	5-1	1.77	8	8	4	2	0	61	37	13	12	23	19
1947	CHW	3-5	6.11	9	9	1	0	0	53	63	39	36	16	11
Career		273-225	-	624	538	335	45	16	-	4284	2115	1833	1541	1987

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Major League fielding statistics for Red Ruffing.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1924	BOS	8	-	0	3	0	0	1.000
1925	BOS	37	-	7	50	1	3	0.983
1926	BOS	37	-	10	34	1	2	0.978
1927	BOS	29	-	8	36	1	1	0.978
1928	BOS	60	-	7	51	3	4	0.951
1929	BOS	60	-	8	46	3	1	0.947
1930	BOS	6	-	0	2	1	0	0.667
1930	NYY	52	-	3	27	2	0	0.938
1931	NYY	48	-	5	32	0	1	1.000
1932	NYY	55	-	4	38	2	4	0.955
1933	NYY	55	-	8	45	2	5	0.964
1934	NYY	45	-	10	32	3	2	0.933
1935	NYY	50	-	17	26	0	3	1.000
1936	NYY	53	-	13	56	1	6	0.986
1937	NYY	54	-	9	28	1	2	0.974
1938	NYY	45	-	11	34	0	2	1.000
1939	NYY	44	-	8	32	2	2	0.952
1940	NYY	33	-	6	30	2	2	0.947
1941	NYY	38	-	7	21	0	3	1.000
1942	NYY	30	-	8	30	1	5	0.974
1945	NYY	21	-	2	11	1	1	0.929
1946	NYY	8	-	2	6	0	1	1.000
1947	CHW	14	-	2	7	0	1	1.000
Career		882	-	155	677	27	51	-

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Major League batting statistics for Red Ruffing.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1924	BOS	8	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.143	0.143	0.429
1925	BOS	37	79	6	17	4	2	0	11	0	1	22	0.215	0.235	0.316
1926	BOS	37	51	8	10	1	0	1	5	0	2	12	0.196	0.226	0.275
1927	BOS	29	55	5	14	3	1	0	4	0	0	6	0.255	0.268	0.345
1928	BOS	60	121	12	38	13	1	2	19	0	3	12	0.314	0.331	0.488
1929	BOS	60	114	9	35	9	0	2	17	0	2	13	0.307	0.325	0.439
1930	BOS	6	11	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.273	0.273	0.455
1930	NYY	52	99	15	37	6	2	4	21	0	7	7	0.374	0.415	0.596
1931	NYY	48	109	14	36	8	1	3	12	0	1	13	0.330	0.336	0.505
1932	NYY	55	124	20	38	6	1	3	19	0	6	10	0.306	0.338	0.444
1933	NYY	55	115	10	29	3	1	2	13	0	7	15	0.252	0.295	0.348
1934	NYY	45	113	11	28	3	0	2	13	0	3	17	0.248	0.274	0.327
1935	NYY	50	109	13	37	10	0	2	18	0	3	9	0.339	0.363	0.486
1936	NYY	53	127	14	37	5	0	5	22	0	11	12	0.291	0.348	0.449
1937	NYY	54	129	11	26	3	0	1	10	0	13	24	0.202	0.275	0.248
1938	NYY	45	107	12	24	4	1	3	17	0	17	21	0.224	0.331	0.364
1939	NYY	44	114	12	35	1	0	1	20	1	7	18	0.307	0.347	0.342
1940	NYY	33	89	8	11	4	0	1	7	0	3	9	0.124	0.152	0.202
1941	NYY	38	89	10	27	8	1	2	22	0	4	12	0.303	0.333	0.483
1942	NYY	30	80	8	20	4	0	1	13	0	5	13	0.250	0.302	0.338
1945	NYY	21	46	4	10	0	1	1	5	0	0	8	0.217	0.217	0.326
1946	NYY	8	25	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	8	0.120	0.154	0.160
1947	CHW	14	24	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	0.208	0.240	0.208
Career		882	1937	207	521	98	13	36	273	1	97	266	-	-	-

First Name	Charles
Middle Name	Herbert
Last Name	Ruffing
Full Name at Birth	Charles Herbert Ruffing
Age	80 (age at death)
Date of Birth	May 3, 1905
Birthplace	Granville, IL
Date of Death	February 17, 1986
Location of Death	Mayfield Heights, OH
Buried	Hillcrest Memorial Park, Bedford Heights, OH
Height	6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight	205 lbs (93.0 kg)
Star Sign	Taurus
Nationality	American
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	31 May 1924
Last MLB Game	15 September 1947
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA in Runoff Election as Player in 1967 (266/306 ballots).