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Historical player · 1924–1947

Red Ruffing

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 205 · Born 5/3/1905 · From Granville, IL USA · Debut 1924-05-31 · Final 1947-09-15

Career · batting

882

1,937

521

RBI

273

AVG/OPS

0.269 · 0.695

Career · pitching

624

536

4,344.0

W-L

273-225

1,987

ERA

3.80

WHIP

1.34

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the New York Yankees · 1930–1946

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#123 on the Yankees

↑ 1 G. Bird

↓ 1 B. Martin

Hits

398

#117 on the Yankees

↑ 1 J. Knight

↓ 4 I. Noren

RBI

213

#103 on the Yankees

↑ 4 J. Coleman

↓ 4 R. Velarde

#487 on the Yankees

↑ 1 A. Aragon

Runs

163

#136 on the Yankees

↑ 2 J. Kenney

↓ 1 C. Hemphill

#182 on the Yankees

↑ 1 B. Bonds

↓ 1 C. Davis

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1924–1930

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#339 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 L. Alicea

↓ 1 L. Wolfe

Hits

118

#346 on the Red Sox

↑ 3 M. Guerrero

↓ 1 W. Peña

RBI

#319 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 A. Duvall

↓ 1 D. Porter

Runs

#404 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 M. Carp

↓ 1 B. Conroy

#694 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 G. Bailey

↓ 1 L. Anderson

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1947–1947

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Hits

#968 on the White Sox

↑ 1 C. Asche

↓ 1 C. Uhlir

RBI

#893 on the White Sox

↑ 1 C. Asche

↓ 1 G. Yankowski

Runs

#966 on the White Sox

↑ 1 H. Allen

↓ 1 M. Albers

#1,005 on the White Sox

↑ 1 C. Abrams

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#2,289 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 A. Woods

Hits

521

#2,661 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Chisholm

↓ 1 T. Downey

RBI

273

#2,319 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Cedeno

↓ 1 O. Velez

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1924	Red Sox	AL	8	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.143	—	0.429
1925	Red Sox	AL	37	79	6	17	4	2	0	11	0	1	22	0.215	—	0.316
1926	Red Sox	AL	37	51	8	10	1	0	1	5	0	2	12	0.196	—	0.275
1927	Red Sox	AL	29	55	5	14	3	1	0	4	0	0	6	0.255	—	0.345
1928	Red Sox	AL	60	121	12	38	13	1	2	19	0	3	12	0.314	—	0.488
1929	Red Sox	AL	60	114	9	35	9	0	2	17	0	2	13	0.307	—	0.439
1930	Red Sox	AL	6	11	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.273	—	0.455
1930	Yankees	AL	52	99	15	37	6	2	4	21	0	7	7	0.374	—	0.596
1931	Yankees	AL	48	109	14	36	8	1	3	12	0	1	13	0.330	—	0.505
1932	Yankees	AL	55	124	20	38	6	1	3	19	0	6	10	0.306	—	0.444
1933	Yankees	AL	55	115	10	29	3	1	2	13	0	7	15	0.252	—	0.348
1934	Yankees	AL	45	113	11	28	3	0	2	13	0	3	17	0.248	—	0.327
1935	Yankees	AL	50	109	13	37	10	0	2	18	0	3	9	0.339	—	0.486
1936	Yankees	AL	53	127	14	37	5	0	5	22	0	11	12	0.291	—	0.449
1937	Yankees	AL	54	129	11	26	3	0	1	10	0	13	24	0.202	—	0.248
1938	Yankees	AL	45	107	12	24	4	1	3	17	0	17	21	0.224	—	0.364
1939	Yankees	AL	44	114	12	35	1	0	1	20	1	7	18	0.307	—	0.342
1940	Yankees	AL	33	89	8	11	4	0	1	7	0	3	9	0.124	—	0.202
1941	Yankees	AL	38	89	10	27	8	1	2	22	0	4	12	0.303	—	0.483
1942	Yankees	AL	30	80	8	20	4	0	1	13	0	5	13	0.250	—	0.338
1945	Yankees	AL	21	46	4	10	0	1	1	5	0	0	8	0.217	—	0.326
1946	Yankees	AL	8	25	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	8	0.120	—	0.160
1947	White Sox	AL	14	24	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	0.208	—	0.208
Career			882	1,937	207	521	98	13	36	273	1	97	266	0.269	0.306	0.389

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1924	Red Sox	AL	0	0	8	2	0	23.0	29	17	9	10	6.65	1.65
1925	Red Sox	AL	9	18	37	27	1	217.3	253	121	75	64	5.01	1.51
1926	Red Sox	AL	6	15	37	22	2	166.0	169	81	68	58	4.39	1.43
1927	Red Sox	AL	5	13	26	18	2	158.3	160	82	87	77	4.66	1.56
1928	Red Sox	AL	10	25	42	34	2	289.3	303	125	96	118	3.89	1.38
1929	Red Sox	AL	9	22	35	30	1	244.3	280	132	118	109	4.86	1.63
1930	Red Sox	AL	0	3	4	3	0	24.0	32	17	6	14	6.38	1.58
1930	Yankees	AL	15	5	34	25	1	197.7	200	91	62	117	4.14	1.33
1931	Yankees	AL	16	14	37	30	2	237.0	240	116	87	132	4.41	1.38
1932	Yankees	AL	18	7	35	29	2	259.0	219	89	115	190	3.09	1.29
1933	Yankees	AL	9	14	35	28	3	235.0	230	102	93	122	3.91	1.37
1934	Yankees	AL	19	11	36	31	0	256.3	232	112	104	149	3.93	1.31
1935	Yankees	AL	16	11	30	29	0	222.0	201	77	76	81	3.12	1.25
1936	Yankees	AL	20	12	33	33	0	271.0	274	116	90	102	3.85	1.34
1937	Yankees	AL	20	7	31	31	0	256.3	242	85	68	131	2.98	1.21
1938	Yankees	AL	21	7	31	31	0	247.3	246	91	82	127	3.31	1.33
1939	Yankees	AL	21	7	28	28	0	233.3	211	76	75	95	2.93	1.23
1940	Yankees	AL	15	12	30	30	0	226.0	218	85	76	97	3.38	1.30
1941	Yankees	AL	15	6	23	23	0	185.7	177	73	54	60	3.54	1.24
1942	Yankees	AL	14	7	24	24	0	193.7	183	69	41	80	3.21	1.16
1945	Yankees	AL	7	3	11	11	0	87.3	85	28	20	24	2.89	1.20
1946	Yankees	AL	5	1	8	8	0	61.0	37	12	23	19	1.77	0.98
1947	White Sox	AL	3	5	9	9	0	53.0	63	36	16	11	6.11	1.49
Career			273	225	624	536	16	4,344.0	4,284	1,833	1,541	1,987	3.80	1.34

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	624	0	0.0	153	677	27	51
OF	3	0	0.0	2	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1967	BBWAA	212	219	Ballot
1967	Run Off	266		Inducted
1966	BBWAA	208	227	Ballot
1964	BBWAA	141	151	Ballot
1964	Run Off	184		Ballot
1962	BBWAA	72	120	Ballot
1960	BBWAA	86	202	Ballot
1958	BBWAA	99	200	Ballot
1956	BBWAA	97	145	Ballot
1955	BBWAA	60	189	Ballot
1954	BBWAA	29	189	Ballot
1953	BBWAA	24	198	Ballot
1952	BBWAA	10	176	Ballot
1951	BBWAA	9	170	Ballot
1950	BBWAA	12	126	Ballot
1949	BBWAA	22	115	Ballot
1949	Run Off	4		Ballot
1948	BBWAA	4	91	Ballot