Red Ruffing career WHIP
1.34Career Regular Season
Red Ruffing has a career WHIP of 1.34 over 22 regular seasons.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 |  BOS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | 23.0 | 10 | 9 | 1.65 | 0 |
| 1925 | BOS | 37 | 9 | 18 | 5.01 | 217.1 | 64 | 75 | 1.51 | 1 |
| 1926 | BOS | 37 | 6 | 15 | 4.39 | 166.0 | 58 | 68 | 1.43 | 2 |
| 1927 | BOS | 26 | 5 | 13 | 4.66 | 158.1 | 77 | 87 | 1.56 | 2 |
| 1928 | BOS | 42 | 10 | 25 | 3.89 | 289.1 | 118 | 96 | 1.38 | 2 |
| 1929 | BOS | 35 | 9 | 22 | 4.86 | 244.1 | 109 | 118 | 1.63 | 1 |
| 1930 |  BOS/NYY | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4.38 | 221.2 | 131 | 68 | 1.35 | 1 |
| 1931 | NYY | 37 | 16 | 14 | 4.41 | 237.0 | 132 | 87 | 1.38 | 2 |
| 1932 | NYY | 35 | 18 | 7 | 3.09 | 259.0 | 190 | 115 | 1.29 | 2 |
| 1933 | NYY | 35 | 9 | 14 | 3.91 | 235.0 | 122 | 93 | 1.37 | 3 |
| 1934 | NYY | 36 | 19 | 11 | 3.93 | 256.1 | 149 | 104 | 1.31 | 0 |
| 1935 | NYY | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3.12 | 222.0 | 81 | 76 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1936 | NYY | 33 | 20 | 12 | 3.85 | 271.0 | 102 | 90 | 1.34 | 0 |
| 1937 | NYY | 31 | 20 | 7 | 2.98 | 256.1 | 131 | 68 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 1938 | NYY | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3.31 | 247.1 | 127 | 82 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 1939 | NYY | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2.93 | 233.1 | 95 | 75 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 1940 | NYY | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3.38 | 226.0 | 97 | 76 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 1941 | NYY | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3.54 | 185.2 | 60 | 54 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1942 | NYY | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3.21 | 193.2 | 80 | 41 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 1945 | NYY | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2.89 | 87.1 | 24 | 20 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1946 | NYY | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1.77 | 61.0 | 19 | 23 | 0.98 | 0 |
| 1947 |  CHW | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6.11 | 53.0 | 11 | 16 | 1.49 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV
- Best season on file: 0.98 in 1946.
- Most recent: 1.49 in 1947.
Average of 22 regular seasons, 1924 through 1947. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on October 27, 2026.