Red Ruffing stats

Last played for the Chicago White Sox, 1947

Pitcher

Age 122

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Red Ruffing played 22 MLB seasons, 1924 to 1947.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
624
W
273
L
225
ERA
3.80
IP
4,344.0
K
1,987
BB
1,541
WHIP
1.34
Standard by season
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.
1924BOS8006.6523.01091.65
1925BOS379185.01217.164751.51
1926BOS376154.39166.058681.43
1927BOS265134.66158.177871.56
1928BOS4210253.89289.1118961.38
1929BOS359224.86244.11091181.63
1930BOS/NYY381584.38221.2131681.35
1931NYY3716144.41237.0132871.38
1932NYY351873.09259.01901151.29
1933NYY359143.91235.0122931.37
1934NYY3619113.93256.11491041.31
1935NYY3016113.12222.081761.25
1936NYY3320123.85271.0102901.34
1937NYY312072.98256.1131681.21
1938NYY312173.31247.1127821.33
1939NYY282172.93233.195751.23
1940NYY3015123.38226.097761.30
1941NYY231563.54185.260541.24
1942NYY241473.21193.280411.16
1945NYY11732.8987.124201.20
1946NYY8511.7761.019230.98
1947CHW9356.1153.011161.49

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
10
W
7
L
2
ERA
2.65
IP
85.0
K
61
BB
27
WHIP
1.19

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
335
SHO
45
K/9
4.1
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1924BOS0003.90000
1925BOS01332.70000
1926BOS0603.10000
1927BOS01004.40000
1928BOS02513.70000
1929BOS01814.00000
1930BOS/NYY01325.30000
1931NYY01915.00000
1932NYY02236.60000
1933NYY01804.70000
1934NYY01955.20000
1935NYY01923.30000
1936NYY02533.40000
1937NYY02244.60000
1938NYY02234.60000
1939NYY02253.70000
1940NYY02033.90000
1941NYY01322.90000
1942NYY01643.70000
1945NYY0812.50000
1946NYY0422.80000
1947CHW0101.90000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
122 yearsMay 3, 1904
Debut
1924

What were Red Ruffing's career stats?

Red Ruffing played 22 seasons for the Red Sox, the Yankees and the White Sox. He had 273 wins and 1,987 strikeouts with a 3.80 ERA over 4,344.0 innings. His best season was 1938: 21 wins, a 3.31 ERA and 127 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

22 seasons, 7 postseasons, 1924 to 1947

Championships ×6

All-time career rank

  • 98th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,987)
  • 31st in wins (pitching) (273)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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