Early Wynn vs Red Ruffing

Early Wynn Red Ruffing

Early Wynn and Red Ruffing compared on their MLB careers: Early Wynn played 23 seasons, 1939 to 1963, Red Ruffing 22 seasons, 1924 to 1947. Early Wynn has 300 wins to Red Ruffing's 273. Red Ruffing won 6 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Early Wynn and Red Ruffing career totals

691	GP	624
300	W	273
244	L	225
3.5	ERA	3.8
4,564	IP	4,344
2,334	K	1,987
1,775	BB	1,541
1.3	WHIP	1.3
15	SV	16

How do they compare in the postseason?

Early Wynn and Red Ruffing postseason

4	GP	10
0	R	0
23	H	74

Where each stands all time

Early Wynn and Red Ruffing all-time places

55th (2,334)	Strikeouts (pitching)	98th (1,987)
23rd (300)	Wins (pitching)	31st (273)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Early Wynn: 0 championships; Cy Young
Red Ruffing: 6 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Early Wynn and Red Ruffing season by season

1st	1939	0	2	5.75	1924	0	0	6.65
2nd	1941	3	1	1.58	1925	9	18	5.01
3rd	1942	10	16	5.12	1926	6	15	4.39
4th	1943	18	12	2.91	1927	5	13	4.66
5th	1944	8	17	3.38	1928	10	25	3.89
6th	1946	8	5	3.11	1929	9	22	4.86
7th	1947	17	15	3.64	1930	15	8	4.38
8th	1948	8	19	5.82	1931	16	14	4.41
9th	1949	11	7	4.15	1932	18	7	3.09
10th	1950	18	8	3.20	1933	9	14	3.91
11th	1951	20	13	3.02	1934	19	11	3.93
12th	1952	23	12	2.90	1935	16	11	3.12
13th	1953	17	12	3.93	1936	20	12	3.85
14th	1954	23	11	2.73	1937	20	7	2.98
15th	1955	17	11	2.82	1938	21	7	3.31
16th	1956	20	9	2.72	1939	21	7	2.93
17th	1957	14	17	4.31	1940	15	12	3.38
18th	1958	14	16	4.13	1941	15	6	3.54
19th	1959	22	10	3.17	1942	14	7	3.21
20th	1960	13	12	3.49	1945	7	3	2.89
21st	1961	8	2	3.51	1946	5	1	1.77
22nd	1962	7	15	4.46	1947	3	5	6.11
23rd	1963	1	2	2.28	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA