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Red
Ruffing		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 3, 1904 in Usa, IL, GRANVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1933   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 BOS AL $ 3,950,000 86 47 51 49 48 50 49 63 63 63
1931 27 BOS AL $ 3,950,000 9 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6
1932 28 BOS AL $ 4,820,000 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1933 29 BOS AL $ 4,820,000 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1934 30 BOS AL $ 4,820,000 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1935 31 BOS AL $ 650,000 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1936 32 BOS AL $ 650,000 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1937 33 BOS AL $ 650,000 10 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1938 34 BOS AL $ 650,000 10 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 650,000 9 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,820,000 86 47 51 49 48 50 49 63 63 63
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 BOS AL $ 3,950,000   45 45 45 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 67 67 67
1931 27 BOS AL $ 3,950,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1932 28 BOS AL $ 4,820,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1933 29 BOS AL $ 4,820,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1934 30 BOS AL $ 4,820,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1935 31 BOS AL $ 650,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1936 32 BOS AL $ 650,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1937 33 BOS AL $ 650,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1938 34 BOS AL $ 650,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 650,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,820,000   45 45 45 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 67 67 67
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 26 BOS AL 16 15 .516 38 38 15 0 0 285.3 341 160 16 110 61 5.05 .297 .359 .403 .762 12.7
1931 27 BOS AL 13 24 .351 40 40 18 2 0 312.3 341 155 17 120 68 4.47 .276 .339 .379 .718 14.5
1932 28 BOS AL 15 15 .500 38 38 13 3 0 283.0 331 149 16 111 67 4.74 .294 .358 .398 .756 15.9
1933 29 BOS AL 13 8 .619 25 25 10 1 0 193.7 207 88 7 65 54 4.09 .275 .331 .350 .681 16.5
1934 30 BOS AL 4 2 .667 25 9 2 0 8 82.7 97 51 7 41 26 5.55 .297 .375 .419 .794 3.8
1935 31 BOS AL 4 2 .667 41 0 0 0 3 47.0 49 26 6 23 13 4.98 .271 .351 .414 .766 3.2
1936 32 BOS AL 9 3 .750 46 5 3 0 1 90.7 92 34 9 36 23 3.38 .266 .332 .393 .725 8.5
1937 33 BOS AL 6 11 .353 41 6 3 0 1 76.3 106 54 5 35 34 6.37 .335 .396 .491 .887 0.0
1938 34 BOS AL 2 6 .250 15 4 1 0 1 41.0 64 38 1 27 12 8.34 .372 .453 .448 .900 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 4 1 1 1 1 3.86 .364 .417 .727 1.144  
9 Years Sim 82 86 .488 309 165 65 6 14 1412.0 1628 755 84 568 358 4.81 .291 .355 .396 .751 75.2
1 Years AAA 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 4 1 1 1 1 3.86 .364 .417 .727 1.144  
Season Average 9 9 .500 34 18 7 0 1 156.9 180 83 9 63 39 4.81 .291 .355 .396 .751  
Career Highs 16 24 .750 46 40 18 3 8 312.3 341 160 17 120 68 8.34 .372 .453 .491 .900  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   829 385 46 258 211   .283 .341 .388 .729
vs LH   799 370 38 310 147   .300 .373 .405 .778
Home 45 42 .517 167 81 33 5 6 737.6 828 370 44 281 179 4.51 .286 .350 .400 .749
Away 37 44 .457 142 84 32 1 8 674.3 800 385 40 287 179 5.14 .295 .363 .393 .756
Mar/Apr 19 11 .633 63 28 9 1 0 252.3 288 138 19 102 65 4.92 .289 .355 .405 .760
May 12 22 .353 53 32 16 2 3 271.0 330 159 15 94 63 5.28 .299 .354 .409 .763
June 19 11 .633 47 30 15 2 2 249.7 266 115 13 93 76 4.15 .272 .335 .374 .709
July 7 13 .350 52 26 6 0 5 208.3 260 127 13 88 55 5.49 .313 .378 .428 .806
August 15 18 .455 54 30 14 1 2 272.0 306 129 12 129 55 4.27 .288 .366 .375 .741
Sep/Oct 10 11 .476 40 19 5 0 2 158.6 178 87 12 62 44 4.94 .283 .348 .392 .740
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 26 BOS AL 38 112 7 31 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 14 .277 .293 .286 .579 9.6 0.4
1931 27 BOS AL 40 112 10 25 0 0 1 11 0 0 1 10 .223 .235 .250 .485 6.3 0.0
1932 28 BOS AL 38 103 6 27 0 0 0 12 0 0 1 10 .262 .269 .262 .531 6.9 0.0
1933 29 BOS AL 25 72 10 25 1 1 1 11 0 0 1 7 .347 .356 .431 .787 10.5 1.8
1934 30 BOS AL 25 26 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .192 .222 .192 .415 0.6 0.0
1935 31 BOS AL 41 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.3
1936 32 BOS AL 46 18 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .333 .368 .389 .757 2.1 0.5
1937 33 BOS AL 41 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .235 .250 .485 1.3 0.0
1938 34 BOS AL 15 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0
9 Years Sim 309 472 41 126 3 1 2 50 0 0 5 53 .267 .279 .290 .569 38.0 3.0
162 Game Average 247 21 66 1 0 1 26 0 0 2 27 .267 .279 .290 .569 19.9  
Career Highs 46 112 10 31 1 1 1 12 0 0 1 14 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 10.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   357 30 99 3 1 2 44 0 0 4 41 .277 .283 .308 .591 29.2
vs LH   115 11 27 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 12 .235 .267 .235 .501 5.4
Home 167 232 24 74 3 1 2 29 0 0 1 24 .319 .326 .366 .693 25.3
Away 142 240 17 52 0 0 0 21 0 0 4 29 .217 .234 .217 .451 9.3
RISP   146 0 38 3 0 0 48 0 0 1 15 .260 .270 .281 .551 9.6
Close/Late   34 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .294 .314 .294 .608 2.7
Mar/Apr 52 84 9 20 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 14 .238 .241 .238 .479 4.2
May 40 90 10 22 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 11 .244 .258 .256 .514 5.4
June 44 89 8 24 2 1 0 14 0 0 1 8 .270 .286 .315 .600 7.1
July 39 61 4 16 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 7 .262 .286 .311 .597 5.0
August 40 95 5 29 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 9 .305 .313 .305 .618 8.2
Sep/Oct 23 53 5 15 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 .283 .296 .340 .636 4.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 26 BOS AL P 38 38 285.3 24 67 1 5 .989 2.87    
1931 27 BOS AL P 40 40 312.3 25 74 4 8 .961 2.85    
1932 28 BOS AL P 38 38 283.0 13 61 4 8 .949 2.35    
1933 29 BOS AL P 25 25 193.7 16 36 0 3 1.000 2.42    
1934 30 BOS AL P 25 9 82.7 8 18 1 1 .963 2.83    
1935 31 BOS AL P 41 0 47.0 3 12 1 1 .938 2.87    
1936 32 BOS AL P 46 5 90.7 2 19 0 1 1.000 2.08    
1937 33 BOS AL P 41 6 76.3 3 18 1 3 .955 2.48    
1938 34 BOS AL P 15 4 41.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.54    
Career Totals   309 165 1412.0 95 311 12 30 .971 2.59    
Career Highs   46 40 312.3 25 74 4 8 1.000 2.87    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1934 30 BOS AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 2 0 0 1 0 0.00 .500 .600 .500 1.100
1935 31 BOS AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .333 .500 .667 1.167
1936 32 BOS AL 0 1 .000 6 1 0 0 0 11.7 12 9 2 11 2 6.95 .267 .411 .444 .855
1937 33 BOS AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 4 0 0 1 1 0.00 .800 .833 1.600 2.433
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 9 1 0 0 0 13.3 19 9 2 14 3 6.09 .333 .465 .561 1.026
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1936 32 BOS AL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1933-9-4.09
 Losses
1931-2-24
 Winning Pct
1933-4-.619
 Saves
1934-8-8
 Complete Games
1932-10-13
 Shutouts
1931-6-2
1932-2-3
1933-8-1
Hits Allowed
1932-7-331
 Walks Allowed
1931-10-120
1932-7-111
 Hits per 9IP
1933-9-9.6
 OSLG
1933-3-.350
 OOPS
1933-4-.681
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Ed Durham (957)
  2. Al Fitzmorris (953)
  3. Harry Gumbert (952)
  4. Hank Wyse (946)
  5. Johnny Murphy (946)
  6. Bill Lee (946)
  7. Kent Greenfield (944)
  8. Saul Rogovin (937)
  9. Frank Lary (936)
  10. Gene Schott (935)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Sarge Connally (966)
  2. Luis Arroyo (959)
  3. Ossie Orwoll (957)
  4. Willard Nixon (954)
  5. Wes Ferrell (953)
  6. Ray Schmandt (952)
  7. Virgil Stallcup (951)
  8. Ed Head (948)
  9. Murry Dickson (944)
  10. Earl Sheely (941)
History
Earned first career win on 4/2/1930
Had first career hit on 4/10/1930, off Charley Root (CLE)
Injured on 7/22/1930 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 9/5/1930 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
7/1/1931: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $4,820,000 per year, for 3 years
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1931, off Del Lundgren (CIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1932, winning 2 games with a 2.25 ERA
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Injured on 9/11/1933 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
10/27/1934: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $650,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1937
Injured on 7/9/1938 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
 
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