Red Ruffing

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1924-1947)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1967
W–L 273–225
ERA 3.80
WHIP 1.34
SO 1,987
Pitcher PIV 17431.8
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'1" / 205 lb
Born
5/3/1905 in Granville, IL, USA
Died
2/17/1986 in Mayfield Heights, OH, USA
MLB Debut
1924-05-31
Last Game
1947-09-15
Hall of Fame
Inducted 1967 (BBWAA)
Awards
6× All-Star

Full name: Charles Herbert Ruffing

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
273 225 624 536 335 45 16 4344.0 4,284 1,833 254 1,541 1,987 3.80 17431.8

Career ERA 3.80 vs. league average 4.17 across their career seasons — 8.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1924 BOS AL 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 23.0 29 17 9 10 6.65 4.13 (-61%) 130.2
1925 BOS AL 9 18 37 27 13 3 1 217.3 253 121 75 64 5.01 4.55 (-10%) -664.8
1926 BOS AL 6 15 37 22 6 0 2 166.0 169 81 68 58 4.39 4.11 (-7%) 446.8
1927 BOS AL 5 13 26 18 10 0 2 158.3 160 82 87 77 4.66 4.08 (-14%) -1321.9
1928 BOS AL 10 25 42 34 25 1 2 289.3 303 125 96 118 3.89 4.13 (+6%) 3050.7
1929 BOS AL 9 22 35 30 18 1 1 244.3 280 132 118 109 4.86 4.60 (-6%) -1402.3
1930 BOS AL 0 3 4 3 1 0 0 24.0 32 17 6 14 6.38 4.80 (-33%) 568.5
1930 NYA AL 15 5 34 25 12 2 1 197.7 200 91 62 117 4.14 4.80 (+14%) 3851.8
1931 NYA AL 16 14 37 30 19 1 2 237.0 240 116 87 132 4.41 4.10 (-7%) 1832.4
1932 NYA AL 18 7 35 29 22 3 2 259.0 219 89 115 190 3.09 4.13 (+25%) 2030.3
1933 NYA AL 9 14 35 28 18 0 3 235.0 230 102 93 122 3.91 3.86 (-1%) 2208.4
1934 NYA AL 19 11 36 31 19 5 0 256.3 232 112 104 149 3.93 4.29 (+8%) 620.1
1935 NYA AL 16 11 30 29 19 2 0 222.0 201 77 76 81 3.12 4.35 (+28%) -829.7
1936 NYA AL 20 12 33 33 25 3 0 271.0 274 116 90 102 3.85 4.59 (+16%) -697.7
1937 NYA AL 20 7 31 31 22 4 0 256.3 242 85 68 131 2.98 4.34 (+31%) 3302.8
1938 NYA AL 21 7 31 31 22 3 0 247.3 246 91 82 127 3.31 4.35 (+24%) 2905.6
1939 NYA AL 21 7 28 28 22 5 0 233.3 211 76 75 95 2.93 4.28 (+32%) 1251.1
1940 NYA AL 15 12 30 30 20 3 0 226.0 218 85 76 97 3.38 4.21 (+20%) -2039.1
1941 NYA AL 15 6 23 23 13 2 0 185.7 177 73 54 60 3.54 3.94 (+10%) -98.2
1942 NYA AL 14 7 24 24 16 4 0 193.7 183 69 41 80 3.21 3.57 (+10%) 2344.9
1945 NYA AL 7 3 11 11 8 1 0 87.3 85 28 20 24 2.89 3.67 (+21%) 1068.4
1946 NYA AL 5 1 8 8 4 2 0 61.0 37 12 23 19 1.77 3.59 (+51%) 108.3
1947 CHA AL 3 5 9 9 1 0 0 53.0 63 36 16 11 6.11 3.97 (-54%) -1234.8
Career · 23 seasons 273 225 624 536 335 45 16 4,344.0 4,284 1,833 1,541 1,987 3.80 — 17,432

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
882 1,937 207 521 98 13 36 273 1 97 266 .269 .306 .389 .695 -1,326

Career AVG .269 vs. league average .275 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .306 vs. league average .340 across their career seasons — 10.2% below league average.

Career SLG .389 vs. league average .390 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .695 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1924 BOS AL 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 — — — — 0.0
1925 BOS AL 37 79 6 17 4 2 0 11 0 1 22 .215 .288 (-25%) .349 (-33%) .407 (-22%) .756 (-27%) -384.4
1926 BOS AL 37 51 8 10 1 0 1 5 0 2 12 .196 .279 (-30%) .345 (-35%) .390 (-30%) .735 (-32%) -271.2
1927 BOS AL 29 55 5 14 3 1 0 4 0 0 6 .255 .282 (-10%) .344 (-22%) .392 (-12%) .736 (-17%) -166.9
1928 BOS AL 60 121 12 38 13 1 2 19 0 3 12 .314 .280 (+12%) .342 (-3%) .395 (+23%) .737 (+11%) 173.5
1929 BOS AL 60 114 9 35 9 0 2 17 0 2 13 .307 .289 (+6%) .353 (-8%) .415 (+6%) .769 (-1%) -42.4
1930 BOS AL 6 11 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .273 — — — — 0.0
1930 NYA AL 52 99 15 37 6 2 4 21 0 7 7 .374 .293 (+27%) .354 (+17%) .429 (+39%) .784 (+29%) 0.0
1931 NYA AL 48 109 14 36 8 1 3 12 0 1 13 .330 .276 (+20%) .338 (-1%) .388 (+30%) .726 (+16%) 241.3
1932 NYA AL 55 124 20 38 6 1 3 19 0 6 10 .306 .275 (+11%) .335 (+1%) .391 (+13%) .726 (+8%) 141.9
1933 NYA AL 55 115 10 29 3 1 2 13 0 7 15 .252 .270 (-7%) .329 (-11%) .377 (-8%) .707 (-9%) -172.9
1934 NYA AL 45 113 11 28 3 0 2 13 0 3 17 .248 .278 (-11%) .340 (-20%) .392 (-17%) .733 (-18%) -339.7
1935 NYA AL 50 109 13 37 10 0 2 18 0 3 9 .339 .279 (+21%) .342 (+6%) .399 (+22%) .742 (+14%) 249.2
1936 NYA AL 53 127 14 37 5 0 5 22 0 11 12 .291 .283 (+3%) .349 (-1%) .404 (+11%) .753 (+6%) 125.2
1937 NYA AL 54 129 11 26 3 0 1 10 0 13 24 .202 .276 (-27%) .342 (-20%) .398 (-38%) .740 (-29%) -602.9
1938 NYA AL 45 107 12 24 4 1 3 17 0 17 21 .224 .272 (-18%) .341 (-3%) .392 (-7%) .734 (-5%) -75.8
1939 NYA AL 44 114 12 35 1 0 1 20 1 7 18 .307 .274 (+12%) .342 (+1%) .393 (-13%) .735 (-6%) -97.8
1940 NYA AL 33 89 8 11 4 0 1 7 0 3 9 .124 .267 (-54%) .335 (-55%) .387 (-48%) .722 (-51%) -744.9
1941 NYA AL 38 89 10 27 8 1 2 22 0 4 12 .303 .262 (+16%) .332 (avg) .373 (+29%) .705 (+16%) 186.1
1942 NYA AL 30 80 8 20 4 0 1 13 0 5 13 .250 .253 (-1%) .323 (-6%) .349 (-3%) .672 (-5%) -66.1
1945 NYA AL 21 46 4 10 0 1 1 5 0 0 8 .217 — — — — 0.0
1946 NYA AL 8 25 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 .120 — — — — 0.0
1947 CHA AL 14 24 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 .208 — — — — 0.0
Career · 23 seasons 882 1,937 207 521 98 13 36 273 1 97 266 .269 — — — — -1,848

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
14 34 1 6 1 0 0 4 3 6 .176

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1942 WS NYA 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222
1941 WS NYA 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1939 WS NYA 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333
1938 WS NYA 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .167
1937 WS NYA 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 .500
1936 WS NYA 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
1932 WS NYA 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
7 2 10 10 0 85.7 74 25 27 61 2.63

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1942 WS NYA 1 1 2 2 0 17.7 14 8 7 11 4.08
1941 WS NYA 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 6 1 3 5 1.00
1939 WS NYA 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 4 1 1 4 1.00
1938 WS NYA 2 0 2 2 0 18.0 17 3 2 11 1.50
1937 WS NYA 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 7 1 3 8 1.00
1936 WS NYA 0 1 2 2 0 14.0 16 8 5 12 5.14
1932 WS NYA 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 10 3 6 10 3.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home44697110225014137.257
Away43696510527122134.281

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home3132323.0212481975511163.17
Away3112018.1216110047888764.48

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1947-09-15 CHWBOSL 200000000
1947-09-07 CHWCLEL 311000100
1947-08-31 CHWCLEW 301000100
1947-08-24 CHWNYYL 111000000
1947-08-22 CHWBOSL 100000000
1947-08-08 CHWDETW 101000100
1947-08-07 CHWSLAW 401000002
1947-07-27 CHWNYYL 100000000
1947-07-20 CHWPHAW 400000000
1947-07-17 CHWBOSL 100000001

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1947-09-15 CHWBOS L 7.01277223
1947-09-07 CHWCLE L 9.0732031
1947-08-31 CHWCLE W 7.2511130
1947-08-24 CHWNYY L 5.01097302
1947-08-07 CHWSLA W 6.0633310
1947-07-27 CHWNYY L 2.1766300
1947-07-20 CHWPHA W 8.0744100
1947-07-16 CHWBOS L 7.0855221
1947-05-04 CHWPHA — 1.0111100
1946-06-29 NYYPHA L 5.0411011

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
OF 3 0 2 0 0 0
P 624 0 153 677 27 51

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1924 BOS P 8 0 0 3 0 0
1925 BOS P 37 0 7 50 1 3
1926 BOS P 37 0 10 34 1 2
1927 BOS P 26 0 8 36 1 1
1928 BOS P 42 0 7 51 3 4
1929 BOS OF 2 0 1 0 0 0
1929 BOS P 35 0 7 46 3 1
1930 BOS P 4 0 0 2 1 0
1930 NYA P 34 0 3 27 2 0
1931 NYA OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
1931 NYA P 37 0 4 32 0 1
1932 NYA P 35 0 4 38 2 4
1933 NYA P 35 0 8 45 2 5
1934 NYA P 36 0 10 32 3 2
1935 NYA P 30 0 17 26 0 3
1936 NYA P 33 0 13 56 1 6
1937 NYA P 31 0 9 28 1 2
1938 NYA P 31 0 11 34 0 2
1939 NYA P 28 0 8 32 2 2
1940 NYA P 30 0 6 30 2 2
1941 NYA P 23 0 7 21 0 3
1942 NYA P 24 0 8 30 1 5
1945 NYA P 11 0 2 11 1 1
1946 NYA P 8 0 2 6 0 1
1947 CHA P 9 0 2 7 0 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 624
Left Field 2
Right Field 1

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1941 Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1939 Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1939 Baseball Magazine All-Star P4
1939 TSN All-Star P
1938 Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1938 TSN All-Star P
1937 TSN All-Star P

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1941 Most Valuable Player AL 25th 2.0 336 0
1939 Most Valuable Player AL 5th 116.0 336 0
1938 Most Valuable Player AL 4th 146.0 336 0
1937 Most Valuable Player AL 8th 18.0 80 0

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Career Spans

Red Ruffing (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Burleigh Grimes HOF
    270-212, 3.53 ERA
  2. 97
    Early Wynn HOF
    300-244, 3.54 ERA
  3. 90
    Joe Niekro
    221-204, 3.59 ERA
  4. 84
    Jerry Reuss
    220-191, 3.64 ERA
  5. 83
    Dennis Martinez
    245-193, 3.70 ERA
  6. 75
    Jack Morris HOF
    254-186, 3.90 ERA

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Frequently Asked Questions about Red Ruffing

What years did Red Ruffing play?
Red Ruffing played in Major League Baseball from 1924 to 1947.
Was Red Ruffing a pitcher?
Yes. Red Ruffing pitched in the major leagues, recording 273 wins and 1987 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Red Ruffing hit?
Red Ruffing hit 36 career home runs with 521 hits.
Is Red Ruffing in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Red Ruffing was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.