Red Ruffing Charles Herbert Ruffing Bats Right Throws Right Height 6'1.5 Weight 205 Born May 3, 1904 Granville, IL Died February 17, 1986 Mayfield Heights, OH

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1928 23 NDA  14  12  .538   0  34  34  20   3  257.2            122  135   91      4.26  4.08   96 
 1929 24 NDA  10  10  .500   0  30  30   7      173.0             99   89   52      5.15  3.64   71  
 1930 25 NDA  12  16  .429   0  30  30  15      220.2            107   87   99      4.36  4.27   98  
 1931 26 NDA  12  13  .480   3  45  20   2   2  177.1  218  105   87   83   67      4.42  3.62   82  
 1932 27 NDA  16  11  .593   0  33  33   5   1  239.1  210   93   72  108  111      2.71  3.20  118  

 1933 28 NDA   5   2  .714   0  28   4   2   1   66.0   70   21   18   10   35   0  2.45  4.15  169  
 1934 29 NDA  16   6  .727   0  31  31   9   0  233.1  239  120   99   77  138  23  3.82  4.45  119  
 1935 30 NDA  21   6  .778   0  31  30  16   1  234.0  214   96   77   55   91  18  2.96  4.16  140  
 1936 31 NDA  14   5  .737   0  25  25  11   1  177.2  190   93   85   45   74  22  4.31             
 1936 31 PAW   4   2  .667   0   8   8   4   0   59.1   48   29   21   15   18   2  3.19             
 1936 31 TOT  18   7  .720   0  33  33  15   1  237.0  238  122  106   60   92  24  4.03  4.32  107  

 1937 32 PAW  16  12  .571   0  31  31  11   2  216.1  202   87   70   53  129  21  2.91  4.28  147  
 1938 33 PAW  13  13  .500   0  34  34   8   1  210.0  214  107   95   71  149  15  4.07  4.28  105  
 1939 34 PAW   9  16  .360   0  31  31  10   1  208.2  259  128  109   54   86  15  4.70  4.19   89  
 1940 35 PAW   6  14  .300   0  30  29   4   0  170.0  195  110   89   39   71  29  4.71  4.26   90  
 1941 36 PAW   8  15  .348   0  32  31   3   0  181.1  214  119   99   62   80  18  4.91  4.22   86  

 1942 37 PAW  12  12  .500   0  32  31   8   1  195.0  219  108   93   48  126  18  4.29  4.04   94  
 1943 38 PAW   Military Service                                                                      
 1944 39 PAW   Military Service                                                                      
 1945 40 PAW   8  14  .364   0  29  28   5   1  187.1  184   81   68   49   56   6  3.27  3.94  121  
 1946 41 PAW   5   4  .556   0  15  15   4   2   99.1   85   34   24   34   31   6  2.17  3.97  183  
 1947 42                                                                                             
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons  201 183  .523   3 529 475 144  17 3306.1 2761 1659 1434 1114 1504 193  3.90  4.07  104 
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  13  12  .523   0  34  31   9   1  214.0  220  107   93   72   97  18  3.90 
 Career High  21  16  .778   3  45  34  16   2  257.2  259  128  122  135  149  29  2.71            
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 9 Yrs.  NDA 120  81  .597   3 287 237  87   9 1779.0 1141  856  766  689  758  63  3.88  3.94  102  
 9 Yrs.  PAW  81 102  .443   0 242 238  57   8 1527.1 1620  803  668  425  746 130  3.94  4.16  106  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Shaded Text indicates partial season results.

Postseason Pitching

 
 Year Tm  OPP WLser   W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR   ERA  
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
 1934 NDA FRE   W     1   0 1.000   0   1   1   1   0   9.0    7    2    1    5    7   0  1.00
 1935 NDA FRE   W     1   1  .500   0   2   2   0   0  11.1   11    9    6    6    4   3  4.76
 1936 PAW NDA   W     2   0 1.000   0   2   2   1   1  14.0    5    0    0    4    6   0  0.00
 1946 PAW NDA   L     0   1  .000   0   1   1   0   0   3.2    7    5    5    3    0   0 12.27
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
               3-1    4   2  .667   0   6   6   2   1  38.0   30   16   12   18   17   3  2.84
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

CY YOUNG AWARD 1935 1936

ERA 1934-3.82-9 1935-2.96-4 1937-2.91-2 1945-3.27-9

Wins 1928-14-9 1932-16-3 1934-16-5 1935-21-1 1936-18-2 1937-16-3

Strikeouts 1928-91-10 1930-99-7 1932-111-1 1934-138-4 1937-129-10 1938-149-6 1942-126-7

Innings Pitched 1928-257.2-2 1930-220.2-10 1932-239.1-2 1934-233.1-7 1935-234.0-4 1936-237.0-9 1937-216.1-9

Complete Games 1928-20-2 1930-15-4 1935-16-2 1936-15-2 1937-11-2 1938-8-8 1939-10-9 1942-8-2

Walks 1928-135-1 1929-89-10 1932-108-3 1934-77-6

Losses 1930-16-3 1931-13-6 1939-16-4 1940-14-6 1941-15-4 1942-14-10

Pitcher of the Month, September 1936
Pitcher of the Month, September 1937

Transactions January 1, 1928: Drafted 9th round (70th overall) by North Dallas. August 9, 1936: Traded by North Dallas with John Stone and Waite Hoyt to Pawtucket for Jeff Heath.

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