Bio
- Debut
- 1924
Bio
- Debut
- 1924
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 624
- W
- 273
- L
- 225
- ERA
- 3.80
- IP
- 4344.0
- K
- 1,987
- BB
- 1,541
- WHIP
- 1.34
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | BOS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | 23.0 | 10 | 9 | 1.65 |
| 1925 | BOS | 37 | 9 | 18 | 5.01 | 217.1 | 64 | 75 | 1.51 |
| 1926 | BOS | 37 | 6 | 15 | 4.39 | 166.0 | 58 | 68 | 1.43 |
| 1927 | BOS | 26 | 5 | 13 | 4.66 | 158.1 | 77 | 87 | 1.56 |
| 1928 | BOS | 42 | 10 | 25 | 3.89 | 289.1 | 118 | 96 | 1.38 |
| 1929 | BOS | 35 | 9 | 22 | 4.86 | 244.1 | 109 | 118 | 1.63 |
| 1930 |  BOS/NYY | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4.38 | 221.2 | 131 | 68 | 1.35 |
| 1931 | NYY | 37 | 16 | 14 | 4.41 | 237.0 | 132 | 87 | 1.38 |
| 1932 | NYY | 35 | 18 | 7 | 3.09 | 259.0 | 190 | 115 | 1.29 |
| 1933 | NYY | 35 | 9 | 14 | 3.91 | 235.0 | 122 | 93 | 1.37 |
| 1934 | NYY | 36 | 19 | 11 | 3.93 | 256.1 | 149 | 104 | 1.31 |
| 1935 | NYY | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3.12 | 222.0 | 81 | 76 | 1.25 |
| 1936 | NYY | 33 | 20 | 12 | 3.85 | 271.0 | 102 | 90 | 1.34 |
| 1937 | NYY | 31 | 20 | 7 | 2.98 | 256.1 | 131 | 68 | 1.21 |
| 1938 | NYY | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3.31 | 247.1 | 127 | 82 | 1.33 |
| 1939 | NYY | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2.93 | 233.1 | 95 | 75 | 1.23 |
| 1940 | NYY | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3.38 | 226.0 | 97 | 76 | 1.30 |
| 1941 | NYY | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3.54 | 185.2 | 60 | 54 | 1.24 |
| 1942 | NYY | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3.21 | 193.2 | 80 | 41 | 1.16 |
| 1945 | NYY | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2.89 | 87.1 | 24 | 20 | 1.20 |
| 1946 | NYY | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1.77 | 61.0 | 19 | 23 | 0.98 |
| 1947 | CHW | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6.11 | 53.0 | 11 | 16 | 1.49 |
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
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | BOS | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | BOS | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | BOS | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | BOS | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | BOS | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | BOS/NYY | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | NYY | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | NYY | 0 | 22 | 3 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NYY | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | NYY | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | NYY | 0 | 19 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | NYY | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | NYY | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | NYY | 0 | 22 | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | NYY | 0 | 22 | 5 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | NYY | 0 | 20 | 3 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | NYY | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | NYY | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | NYY | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | NYY | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | CHW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 1932 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1936 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1937 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1938 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1939 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1941 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 98th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,987)
- 31st in wins (pitching) (273)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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