Red Ruffing

Full Name: Charles Herbert Ruffing	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/205	First Game: May 31, 1924
Birthdate: May 3, 1905	Final Game: September 15, 1947
Birthplace: Granville, Illinois	MLB Experience: 22 years
Died: February 17, 1986
Deathplace: Mayfield Heights, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967

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Born on May 3, 1905 in Granville, Illinois, Red Ruffing (Charles Herbert Ruffing) played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 22 year career. Ruffing broke into the bigs on May 31, 1924 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 5.01 ERA in 217.1 innings pitched in 1925, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Red Ruffing's best season was 1932, when he posted a 3.09 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 190 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1924	BOS	A	8	2	0	0	6.65	10	17	17	0	0	0	23	29	0	9	1	3
1925	BOS	A	37	27	9	18	5.01	64	135	121	13	3	1	217.1	253	10	75	1	2
1926	BOS	A	37	22	6	15	4.39	58	98	81	6	0	2	166	169	4	68	0	5
1927	BOS	A	26	18	5	13	4.66	77	94	82	10	0	2	158.1	160	7	87	5	4
1928	BOS	A	42	34	10	25	3.89	118	147	125	25	1	2	289.1	303	8	96	4	10
1929	BOS	A	35	32	9	22	4.86	109	162	132	18	1	1	244.1	280	17	118	6	2
1930	NY	A	34	25	15	5	4.14	117	106	91	12	2	1	197.2	200	10	62	4	2
1930	BOS	A	4	3	0	3	6.38	14	19	17	1	0	0	24	32	1	6	0	1
1930	TOT	A	38	28	15	8	4.38	131	125	108	13	2	1	221.2	232	11	68	4	3
1931	NY	A	37	30	16	14	4.41	132	130	116	19	1	2	237	240	11	87	1	6
1932	NY	A	35	29	18	7	3.09	190	102	89	22	3	2	259	219	16	115	5	3
1933	NY	A	35	28	9	14	3.91	122	118	102	18	0	3	235	230	7	93	0	4
1934	NY	A	36	31	19	11	3.93	149	134	112	19	5	0	256.1	232	18	104	1	1
1935	NY	A	30	29	16	11	3.12	81	88	77	19	2	0	222	201	17	76	1	1
1936	NY	A	33	33	20	12	3.85	102	133	116	25	3	0	271	274	22	90	7	3
1937	NY	A	31	31	20	7	2.98	131	101	85	22	4	0	256.1	242	17	68	1	1
1938	NY	A	31	31	21	7	3.31	127	104	91	22	3	0	247.1	246	16	82	1	0
1939	NY	A	28	28	21	7	2.93	95	88	76	22	5	0	233.1	211	15	75	3	2
1940	NY	A	30	30	15	12	3.38	97	98	85	20	3	0	226	218	24	76	1	3
1941	NY	A	23	23	15	6	3.54	60	87	73	13	2	0	185.2	177	13	54	1	1
1942	NY	A	24	24	14	7	3.21	80	72	69	16	4	0	193.2	183	10	41	0	3
1945	NY	A	11	11	7	3	2.89	24	32	28	8	1	0	87.1	85	2	20	0	1
1946	NY	A	8	8	5	1	1.77	19	13	12	4	2	0	61	37	2	23	0	0
1947	CHI	A	9	9	3	5	6.11	11	39	36	1	0	0	53	63	7	16	3	0
Total			624	538	273	225	3.80	1987	2117	1833	335	45	16	4344	4284	254	1541	46	58

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1924	BOS	A	P	8	0	3	0	0	1.000
1925	BOS	A	P	37	7	50	1	3	.983
1926	BOS	A	P	37	10	34	1	2	.978
1927	BOS	A	P	26	8	36	1	1	.978
1928	BOS	A	P	42	7	51	3	4	.951
1929	BOS	A	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1929	BOS	A	P	35	7	46	3	1	.946
1930	NY	A	P	34	3	27	2	0	.938
1930	BOS	A	P	4	0	2	1	0	.667
1930	TOT	A	P	38	3	29	3	0	.914
1931	NY	A	P	37	4	32	0	1	1.000
1931	NY	A	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1932	NY	A	P	35	4	38	2	4	.955
1933	NY	A	P	35	8	45	2	5	.964
1934	NY	A	P	36	10	32	3	2	.933
1935	NY	A	P	30	17	26	0	3	1.000
1936	NY	A	P	33	13	56	1	6	.986
1937	NY	A	P	31	9	28	1	2	.974
1938	NY	A	P	31	11	34	0	2	1.000
1939	NY	A	P	28	8	32	2	2	.952
1940	NY	A	P	30	6	30	2	2	.947
1941	NY	A	P	23	7	21	0	3	1.000
1942	NY	A	P	24	8	30	1	5	.974
1945	NY	A	P	11	2	11	1	1	.929
1946	NY	A	P	8	2	6	0	1	1.000
1947	CHI	A	P	9	2	7	0	1	1.000
Total			OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	624	153	677	27	51	.968

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1924	BOS	A	8	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.429	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1925	BOS	A	37	79	6	17	0	11	.215	.235	.316	4	2	1	22	1	2	0	0
1926	BOS	A	37	51	8	10	1	5	.196	.226	.275	1	0	2	12	0	2	0	0
1927	BOS	A	29	55	5	14	0	4	.255	.268	.345	3	1	0	6	1	6	0	0
1928	BOS	A	60	121	12	38	2	19	.314	.331	.488	13	1	3	12	0	7	0	0
1929	BOS	A	60	114	9	35	2	17	.307	.325	.439	9	0	2	13	1	3	0	0
1930	NY	A	52	99	15	37	4	21	.374	.415	.596	6	2	7	7	0	0	0	0
1930	BOS	A	6	11	2	3	0	1	.273	.273	.455	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1930	TOT	A	58	110	17	40	4	22	.364	.402	.582	8	2	7	8	0	0	0	0
1931	NY	A	48	109	14	36	3	12	.330	.336	.505	8	1	1	13	0	6	0	0
1932	NY	A	55	124	20	38	3	19	.306	.338	.444	6	1	6	10	0	2	0	0
1933	NY	A	55	115	10	29	2	13	.252	.295	.348	3	1	7	15	0	2	0	0
1934	NY	A	45	113	11	28	2	13	.248	.274	.327	3	0	3	17	1	0	0	0
1935	NY	A	50	109	13	37	2	18	.339	.363	.486	10	0	3	9	1	1	0	0
1936	NY	A	53	127	14	37	5	22	.291	.348	.449	5	0	11	12	0	2	0	0
1937	NY	A	54	129	11	26	1	10	.202	.275	.248	3	0	13	24	0	2	0	0
1938	NY	A	45	107	12	24	3	17	.224	.331	.364	4	1	17	21	0	1	0	0
1939	NY	A	44	114	12	35	1	20	.307	.347	.342	1	0	7	18	0	3	1	1
1940	NY	A	33	89	8	11	1	7	.124	.152	.202	4	0	3	9	0	1	0	6
1941	NY	A	38	89	10	27	2	22	.303	.333	.483	8	1	4	12	0	1	0	2
1942	NY	A	30	80	8	20	1	13	.250	.302	.338	4	0	5	13	1	2	0	2
1945	NY	A	21	46	4	10	1	5	.217	.217	.326	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0
1946	NY	A	8	25	1	3	0	1	.120	.154	.160	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	1
1947	CHI	A	14	24	2	5	0	3	.208	.240	.208	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1
Total			882	1937	207	521	36	273	.269	.306	.389	98	13	97	266	6	43	1	13

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Danville (Three-I) to Boston Red Sox in exchange for $4000 and 2 players to be named (August 8, 1923).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Cedric Durst and $50000 (May 6, 1930).
Released by New York Yankees (September 20, 1946).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (December 5, 1946).
Released by Chicago White Sox (September 30, 1947).

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