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.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1924
BOS
A
8
2
0
0
6.65
10
17
17
0
0
0
23
29
0
9
0
1
3
1925
BOS
A
37
27
9
18
5.01
64
135
121
13
3
1
217.1
253
10
75
0
1
2
1926
BOS
A
37
22
6
15
4.39
58
98
81
6
0
2
166
169
4
68
0
0
5
1927
BOS
A
26
18
5
13
4.66
77
94
82
10
0
2
158.1
160
7
87
0
5
4
1928
BOS
A
42
34
10
25
3.89
118
147
125
25
1
2
289.1
303
8
96
0
4
10
1929
BOS
A
35
32
9
22
4.86
109
162
132
18
1
1
244.1
280
17
118
0
6
2
1930
NY
A
34
25
15
5
4.14
117
106
91
12
2
1
197.2
200
10
62
0
4
2
1930
BOS
A
4
3
0
3
6.38
14
19
17
1
0
0
24
32
1
6
0
0
1
1930
TOT
A
38
28
15
8
4.38
131
125
108
13
2
1
221.2
232
11
68
0
4
3
1931
NY
A
37
30
16
14
4.41
132
130
116
19
1
2
237
240
11
87
0
1
6
1932
NY
A
35
29
18
7
3.09
190
102
89
22
3
2
259
219
16
115
0
5
3
1933
NY
A
35
28
9
14
3.91
122
118
102
18
0
3
235
230
7
93
0
0
4
1934
NY
A
36
31
19
11
3.93
149
134
112
19
5
0
256.1
232
18
104
0
1
1
1935
NY
A
30
29
16
11
3.12
81
88
77
19
2
0
222
201
17
76
0
1
1
1936
NY
A
33
33
20
12
3.85
102
133
116
25
3
0
271
274
22
90
0
7
3
1937
NY
A
31
31
20
7
2.98
131
101
85
22
4
0
256.1
242
17
68
0
1
1
1938
NY
A
31
31
21
7
3.31
127
104
91
22
3
0
247.1
246
16
82
0
1
0
1939
NY
A
28
28
21
7
2.93
95
88
76
22
5
0
233.1
211
15
75
0
3
2
1940
NY
A
30
30
15
12
3.38
97
98
85
20
3
0
226
218
24
76
0
1
3
1941
NY
A
23
23
15
6
3.54
60
87
73
13
2
0
185.2
177
13
54
0
1
1
1942
NY
A
24
24
14
7
3.21
80
72
69
16
4
0
193.2
183
10
41
0
0
3
1945
NY
A
11
11
7
3
2.89
24
32
28
8
1
0
87.1
85
2
20
0
0
1
1946
NY
A
8
8
5
1
1.77
19
13
12
4
2
0
61
37
2
23
0
0
0
1947
CHI
A
9
9
3
5
6.11
11
39
36
1
0
0
53
63
7
16
0
3
0
Total
624
538
273
225
3.80
1987
2117
1833
335
45
16
4344
4284
254
1541
0
46
58
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1924
BOS
A
P
8
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1925
BOS
A
P
37
0
0
7
50
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1926
BOS
A
P
37
0
0
10
34
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.978
1927
BOS
A
P
26
0
0
8
36
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.978
1928
BOS
A
P
42
0
0
7
51
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
.951
1929
BOS
A
OF
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1929
BOS
A
P
35
0
0
7
46
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
.946
1930
NY
A
P
34
0
0
3
27
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.938
1930
BOS
A
P
4
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.667
1930
TOT
A
P
38
0
0
3
29
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.914
1931
NY
A
P
37
0
0
4
32
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1931
NY
A
OF
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1932
NY
A
P
35
0
0
4
38
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
.955
1933
NY
A
P
35
0
0
8
45
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1934
NY
A
P
36
0
0
10
32
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.933
1935
NY
A
P
30
0
0
17
26
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1936
NY
A
P
33
0
0
13
56
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
.986
1937
NY
A
P
31
0
0
9
28
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1938
NY
A
P
31
0
0
11
34
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1939
NY
A
P
28
0
0
8
32
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.952
1940
NY
A
P
30
0
0
6
30
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.947
1941
NY
A
P
23
0
0
7
21
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1942
NY
A
P
24
0
0
8
30
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1945
NY
A
P
11
0
0
2
11
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.929
1946
NY
A
P
8
0
0
2
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1947
CHI
A
P
9
0
0
2
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
OF
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
P
624
0
0
153
677
27
51
0
0
0
0
0
.968
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1924
BOS
A
8
7
0
1
0
0
.143
.143
.429
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1925
BOS
A
37
79
6
17
0
11
.215
.235
.316
4
2
1
22
1
2
0
0
0
1926
BOS
A
37
51
8
10
1
5
.196
.226
.275
1
0
2
12
0
2
0
0
0
1927
BOS
A
29
55
5
14
0
4
.255
.268
.345
3
1
0
6
1
6
0
0
0
1928
BOS
A
60
121
12
38
2
19
.314
.331
.488
13
1
3
12
0
7
0
0
0
1929
BOS
A
60
114
9
35
2
17
.307
.325
.439
9
0
2
13
1
3
0
0
0
1930
NY
A
52
99
15
37
4
21
.374
.415
.596
6
2
7
7
0
0
0
0
0
1930
BOS
A
6
11
2
3
0
1
.273
.273
.455
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1930
TOT
A
58
110
17
40
4
22
.364
.402
.582
8
2
7
8
0
0
0
0
0
1931
NY
A
48
109
14
36
3
12
.330
.336
.505
8
1
1
13
0
6
0
0
0
1932
NY
A
55
124
20
38
3
19
.306
.338
.444
6
1
6
10
0
2
0
0
0
1933
NY
A
55
115
10
29
2
13
.252
.295
.348
3
1
7
15
0
2
0
0
0
1934
NY
A
45
113
11
28
2
13
.248
.274
.327
3
0
3
17
1
0
0
0
0
1935
NY
A
50
109
13
37
2
18
.339
.363
.486
10
0
3
9
1
1
0
0
0
1936
NY
A
53
127
14
37
5
22
.291
.348
.449
5
0
11
12
0
2
0
0
0
1937
NY
A
54
129
11
26
1
10
.202
.275
.248
3
0
13
24
0
2
0
0
0
1938
NY
A
45
107
12
24
3
17
.224
.331
.364
4
1
17
21
0
1
0
0
0
1939
NY
A
44
114
12
35
1
20
.307
.347
.342
1
0
7
18
0
3
1
0
1
1940
NY
A
33
89
8
11
1
7
.124
.152
.202
4
0
3
9
0
1
0
0
6
1941
NY
A
38
89
10
27
2
22
.303
.333
.483
8
1
4
12
0
1
0
0
2
1942
NY
A
30
80
8
20
1
13
.250
.302
.338
4
0
5
13
1
2
0
0
2
1945
NY
A
21
46
4
10
1
5
.217
.217
.326
0
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
1946
NY
A
8
25
1
3
0
1
.120
.154
.160
1
0
1
8
0
0
0
0
1
1947
CHI
A
14
24
2
5
0
3
.208
.240
.208
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
1
Total
882
1937
207
521
36
273
.269
.306
.389
98
13
97
266
6
43
1
0
13
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).
