Red Ruffing
1924–1947 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees
882G
.269AVG
.306OBP
.389SLG
More career statistics
521H
36HR
273RBI
1SB
273–225W–L
4,344.0IP
1,987K
3.80ERA
538GS
16SV
13Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,937 | 1,936 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 266 | 269 |
| Batting · Runs | 209 | 207 |
| Batting · RBI | 273 | 271 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 18,546 | 18,525 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,833 | 1,823 |
| Pitching · p h | 4,284 | 4,285 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 13,032 | 13,024 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,987 | 1,992 |
| Pitching · p r | 2,115 | 2,117 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,541 | 1,543 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 882 | 2,083 | 1,937 | 209 | 521 | 98 | 13 | 36 | 273 | 97 | 266 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 753 | .269 | .306 | .389 | .695 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,344.0 | 624 | 538 | 335 | 273 | 225 | 16 | 4,284 | 2,115 | 1,833 | 254 | 1,541 | 1,987 | 0 | 0 | 3.80 | 1.341 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1935-05-15 to 1935-06-02
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1926-07-10 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1927-09-05 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1941-07-13 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 446 | 1038 | 250 | 14 | 137 | 42 | 130 | .257 | .281 | .367 |
| Away | 436 | 1045 | 271 | 22 | 134 | 55 | 139 | .281 | .312 | .411 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 68 | 166 | 37 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 23 | .234 | .253 | .373 |
| May | 138 | 327 | 82 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 38 | .270 | .291 | .359 |
| June | 172 | 387 | 98 | 8 | 50 | 16 | 55 | .270 | .295 | .394 |
| July | 180 | 403 | 101 | 9 | 59 | 20 | 55 | .269 | .300 | .405 |
| August | 183 | 443 | 114 | 7 | 59 | 20 | 53 | .280 | .302 | .386 |
| September | 140 | 352 | 88 | 7 | 40 | 22 | 45 | .271 | .312 | .406 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 135 | 327 | 79 | 7 | 50 | 16 | 46 | .262 | .291 | .384 |
| cleveland-guardians | 134 | 310 | 84 | 8 | 44 | 12 | 33 | .289 | .310 | .426 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 133 | 310 | 70 | 4 | 39 | 16 | 39 | .245 | .277 | .360 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 124 | 281 | 71 | 5 | 34 | 13 | 32 | .268 | .299 | .396 |
| st-louis-browns | 121 | 290 | 75 | 6 | 36 | 17 | 49 | .286 | .317 | .420 |
| chicago-white-sox | 116 | 285 | 74 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 34 | .278 | .298 | .372 |
| boston-red-sox | 87 | 220 | 56 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 26 | .269 | .305 | .361 |
| new-york-yankees | 32 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | .214 | .217 | .375 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 |  Boston Red Sox | 8 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | 23 | 9 |
| 1925 | Boston Red Sox | 37 | 79 | 17 | – | 10 | – | .215 | 217 | 67 |
| 1926 | Boston Red Sox | 37 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 5 | – | .196 | 165 | 58 |
| 1927 | Boston Red Sox | 29 | 54 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .259 | 157 | 77 |
| 1928 | Boston Red Sox | 60 | 121 | 38 | 2 | 18 | – | .314 | 288 | 119 |
| 1929 | Boston Red Sox | 60 | 114 | 35 | 2 | 16 | – | .307 | 244 | 108 |
| 1930 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees | 58 | 110 | 40 | 4 | 22 | – | .364 | 221 | 131 |
| 1931 |  New York Yankees | 48 | 109 | 36 | 3 | 12 | – | .330 | 237 | 132 |
| 1932 | New York Yankees | 55 | 124 | 38 | 3 | 20 | – | .306 | 259 | 190 |
| 1933 | New York Yankees | 55 | 115 | 29 | 2 | 14 | – | .252 | 235 | 122 |
| 1934 | New York Yankees | 45 | 113 | 28 | 2 | 13 | – | .248 | 256 | 149 |
| 1935 | New York Yankees | 50 | 109 | 37 | 2 | 18 | – | .339 | 222 | 81 |
| 1936 | New York Yankees | 53 | 127 | 37 | 5 | 22 | – | .291 | 271 | 103 |
| 1937 | New York Yankees | 54 | 129 | 26 | 1 | 9 | – | .202 | 256 | 131 |
| 1938 | New York Yankees | 45 | 107 | 24 | 3 | 17 | – | .224 | 247 | 127 |
| 1939 | New York Yankees | 44 | 114 | 35 | 1 | 20 | 1 | .307 | 233 | 97 |
| 1940 | New York Yankees | 33 | 89 | 11 | 1 | 7 | – | .124 | 226 | 97 |
| 1941 | New York Yankees | 38 | 89 | 27 | 2 | 22 | – | .303 | 185 | 60 |
| 1942 | New York Yankees | 30 | 80 | 20 | 1 | 13 | – | .250 | 193 | 80 |
| 1945 | New York Yankees | 21 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 5 | – | .217 | 87 | 24 |
| 1946 | New York Yankees | 8 | 25 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .120 | 61 | 19 |
| 1947 |  Chicago White Sox | 14 | 24 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .208 | 53 | 11 |