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Red Ruffing

Birthdate:

5/3/1905

Died:

2/17/1986

Height / Weight:

' " / 205 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Granville, IL, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Charles 'Red' Ruffing won 273 major league games and was the New York Yankees pitching mound stay during their championship years. He pitched for the Yankees from 1931-1946 and won better than 20 games from 1937-1939. Ruffing made his big league debut with the Boston Red Sox in 1924 and was sold to the Yankees in May of 1930. 'Red' Ruffing ranks as one of the best hitting pitchers of all-time. In 1930 he was 15-8 and batted .364, scored 17 runs, 22 RBIs with 8 doubles, 2 triples and 4 home runs. Twice in his' career 'Red' Ruffing hit two homers in a single game. In 1939, he won 20 games and batted .300, one of only a few major leaguers to perform this feat. A career .269 hitter, Ruffing drove in more runs (273) than any pitcher in history. His 36 lifetime home runs ranks third all-time among pitchers. 'Red' Ruffing's career: 273-225, .548, 1987 Ks in 4344 innings, 624 Games, 536 GS, 335 GC, 45 shutouts. baseballhistorian.com Archives

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1924	BOS (AL)	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	29	17	17	0	9	0	10	1	3	0	6.65
1925	BOS (AL)	37	27	9	18	1	13	3	217.1	253	135	121	10	75	0	64	1	2	1	5.01
1926	BOS (AL)	37	22	6	15	2	6	0	166.0	169	98	81	4	68	0	58	0	5	0	4.39
1927	BOS (AL)	26	18	5	13	2	10	0	158.1	160	94	82	7	87	0	77	5	4	1	4.66
1928	BOS (AL)	42	34	10	25	2	25	1	289.1	303	147	125	8	96	0	118	4	10	0	3.89
1929	BOS (AL)	35	30	9	22	1	18	1	244.1	280	162	132	17	118	0	109	6	2	0	4.86
1930	NYY (AL)	34	25	15	5	1	12	2	197.2	200	106	91	10	62	0	117	4	2	0	4.14
1930	BOS (AL)	4	3	0	3	0	1	0	24.0	32	19	17	1	6	0	14	0	1	2	6.38
1931	NYY (AL)	37	30	16	14	2	19	1	237.0	240	130	116	11	87	0	132	1	6	0	4.41
1932	NYY (AL)	35	29	18	7	2	22	3	259.0	219	102	89	16	115	0	190	5	3	0	3.09
1933	NYY (AL)	35	28	9	14	3	18	0	235.0	230	118	102	7	93	0	122	0	4	0	3.91
1934	NYY (AL)	36	31	19	11	0	19	5	256.1	232	134	112	18	104	0	149	1	1	0	3.93
1935	NYY (AL)	30	29	16	11	0	19	2	222.0	201	88	77	17	76	0	81	1	1	1	3.12
1936	NYY (AL)	33	33	20	12	0	25	3	271.0	274	133	116	22	90	0	102	7	3	0	3.85
1937	NYY (AL)	31	31	20	7	0	22	4	256.1	242	101	85	17	68	0	131	1	1	1	2.98
1938	NYY (AL)	31	31	21	7	0	22	3	247.1	246	104	91	16	82	0	127	1	0	1	3.31
1939	NYY (AL)	28	28	21	7	0	22	5	233.1	211	88	76	15	75	0	95	3	2	0	2.93
1940	NYY (AL)	30	30	15	12	0	20	3	226.0	218	98	85	24	76	0	97	1	3	0	3.38
1941	NYY (AL)	23	23	15	6	0	13	2	185.2	177	87	73	13	54	0	60	1	1	0	3.54
1942	NYY (AL)	24	24	14	7	0	16	4	193.2	183	72	69	10	41	0	80	0	3	0	3.21
1945	NYY (AL)	11	11	7	3	0	8	1	87.1	85	32	28	2	20	0	24	0	1	0	2.89
1946	NYY (AL)	8	8	5	1	0	4	2	61.0	37	13	12	2	23	0	19	0	0	0	1.77
1947	CHW (AL)	9	9	3	5	0	1	0	53.0	63	39	36	7	16	0	11	3	0	0	6.11
23 years		624	536	273	225	16	335	45	4344.0	4284	2117	1833	254	1541	0	1987	46	58	7	3.80

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1924	BOS (AL)	8	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	SLG
1925	BOS (AL)	37	79	6	17	4	2	0	11	1	22	0	0	0	1	2	0	.215	.235	SLG
1926	BOS (AL)	37	51	8	10	1	0	1	5	2	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	.196	.226	SLG
1927	BOS (AL)	29	55	5	14	3	1	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	1	6	0	.255	.268	SLG
1928	BOS (AL)	60	121	12	38	13	1	2	19	3	12	0	0	0	0	7	0	.314	.331	SLG
1929	BOS (AL)	60	114	9	35	9	0	2	17	2	13	0	0	0	1	3	0	.307	.325	SLG
1930	BOS (AL)	6	11	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	SLG
1930	NYY (AL)	52	99	15	37	6	2	4	21	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.374	.415	SLG
1931	NYY (AL)	48	109	14	36	8	1	3	12	1	13	0	0	0	0	6	0	.330	.336	SLG
1932	NYY (AL)	55	124	20	38	6	1	3	19	6	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	.306	.338	SLG
1933	NYY (AL)	55	115	10	29	3	1	2	13	7	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	.252	.295	SLG
1934	NYY (AL)	45	113	11	28	3	0	2	13	3	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.274	SLG
1935	NYY (AL)	50	109	13	37	10	0	2	18	3	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	.339	.363	SLG
1936	NYY (AL)	53	127	14	37	5	0	5	22	11	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	.291	.348	SLG
1937	NYY (AL)	54	129	11	26	3	0	1	10	13	24	0	0	0	0	2	0	.202	.275	SLG
1938	NYY (AL)	45	107	12	24	4	1	3	17	17	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.224	.331	SLG
1939	NYY (AL)	44	114	12	35	1	0	1	20	7	18	1	0	0	0	3	0	.307	.347	SLG
1940	NYY (AL)	33	89	8	11	4	0	1	7	3	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.124	.152	SLG
1941	NYY (AL)	38	89	10	27	8	1	2	22	4	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	.303	.333	SLG
1942	NYY (AL)	30	80	8	20	4	0	1	13	5	13	0	0	0	1	2	0	.250	.302	SLG
1945	NYY (AL)	21	46	4	10	0	1	1	5	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.217	SLG
1946	NYY (AL)	8	25	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.154	SLG
1947	CHW (AL)	14	24	2	5	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.240	SLG
23 years		882	1937	207	521	98	13	36	273	97	266	1	1	0	6	43	0	.269	.306	.SLG

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