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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Red RuffingWWikipedia↗

Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1905-05-03 · Played 1924–1947 · Career WAR 68.5 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1924	BOS	AL	8		7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.429	.572	0.0
1925	BOS	AL	37		79	6	17	4	2	0	11	0	0	1	22	.215	.235	.316	.551	0.0
1926	BOS	AL	37		51	8	10	1	0	1	5	0	1	2	12	.196	.226	.275	.501	0.0
1927	BOS	AL	29		55	5	14	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	6	.255	.268	.345	.613	0.2
1928	BOS	AL	60		121	12	38	13	1	2	19	0	0	3	12	.314	.331	.488	.819	1.5
1929	BOS	AL	60		114	9	35	9	0	2	17	0	0	2	13	.307	.325	.439	.764	1.1
1930	BOS	AL	6		11	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.455	.728	1.7
1930	NYA	AL	52		99	15	37	6	2	4	21	0	0	7	7	.374	.415	.596	1.011
1931	NYA	AL	48		109	14	36	8	1	3	12	0	0	1	13	.330	.336	.505	.841	1.2
1932	NYA	AL	55		124	20	38	6	1	3	19	0	0	6	10	.306	.338	.444	.782	1.3
1933	NYA	AL	55		115	10	29	3	1	2	13	0	0	7	15	.252	.295	.348	.643	0.6
1934	NYA	AL	45		113	11	28	3	0	2	13	0	0	3	17	.248	.274	.327	.601	0.5
1935	NYA	AL	50		109	13	37	10	0	2	18	0	0	3	9	.339	.363	.486	.849	1.4
1936	NYA	AL	53		127	14	37	5	0	5	22	0	0	11	12	.291	.348	.449	.797	1.1
1937	NYA	AL	54		129	11	26	3	0	1	10	0	0	13	24	.202	.275	.248	.523	-0.1
1938	NYA	AL	45		107	12	24	4	1	3	17	0	0	17	21	.224	.331	.364	.695	0.8
1939	NYA	AL	44		114	12	35	1	0	1	20	1	0	7	18	.307	.347	.342	.689	0.6
1940	NYA	AL	33		89	8	11	4	0	1	7	0	0	3	9	.124	.152	.202	.354	-0.5
1941	NYA	AL	38		89	10	27	8	1	2	22	0	0	4	12	.303	.333	.483	.816	1.0
1942	NYA	AL	30		80	8	20	4	0	1	13	0	0	5	13	.250	.302	.338	.640	0.7
1945	NYA	AL	21		46	4	10	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	8	.217	.217	.326	.543	0.2
1946	NYA	AL	8		25	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.120	.154	.160	.314	-0.1
1947	CHA	AL	14		24	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.208	.240	.208	.448	0.1
Total			882		1937	207	521	98	13	36	273	1	1	97	266	.269	.304	.389	.693	13.3

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1924	BOS	AL	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	23.0	29	17	0	9	10	6.65	1.652	0.0
1925	BOS	AL	9	18	37	27	13	3	1	217.1	253	121	10	75	64	5.01	1.509	2.9
1926	BOS	AL	6	15	37	22	6	0	2	166.0	169	81	4	68	58	4.39	1.428	0.9
1927	BOS	AL	5	13	26	18	10	0	2	158.1	160	82	7	87	77	4.66	1.560	1.9
1928	BOS	AL	10	25	42	34	25	1	2	289.1	303	125	8	96	118	3.89	1.379	3.3
1929	BOS	AL	9	22	35	30	18	1	1	244.1	280	132	17	118	109	4.86	1.629	0.8
1930	BOS	AL	0	3	4	3	1	0	0	24.0	32	17	1	6	14	6.38	1.583	2.5
1930	NYA	AL	15	5	34	25	12	2	1	197.2	200	91	10	62	117	4.14	1.325
1931	NYA	AL	16	14	37	30	19	1	2	237.0	240	116	11	87	132	4.41	1.380	1.2
1932	NYA	AL	18	7	35	29	22	3	2	259.0	219	89	16	115	190	3.09	1.290	6.5
1933	NYA	AL	9	14	35	28	18	0	3	235.0	230	102	7	93	122	3.91	1.374	2.4
1934	NYA	AL	19	11	36	31	19	5	0	256.1	232	112	18	104	149	3.93	1.311	1.9
1935	NYA	AL	16	11	30	29	19	2	0	222.0	201	77	17	76	81	3.12	1.248	3.8
1936	NYA	AL	20	12	33	33	25	3	0	271.0	274	116	22	90	102	3.85	1.343	3.8
1937	NYA	AL	20	7	31	31	22	4	0	256.1	242	85	17	68	131	2.98	1.209	6.2
1938	NYA	AL	21	7	31	31	22	3	0	247.1	246	91	16	82	127	3.31	1.326	5.3
1939	NYA	AL	21	7	28	28	22	5	0	233.1	211	76	15	75	95	2.93	1.226	4.4
1940	NYA	AL	15	12	30	30	20	3	0	226.0	218	85	24	76	97	3.38	1.301	3.0
1941	NYA	AL	15	6	23	23	13	2	0	185.2	177	73	13	54	60	3.54	1.244	0.9
1942	NYA	AL	14	7	24	24	16	4	0	193.2	183	69	10	41	80	3.21	1.157	1.4
1945	NYA	AL	7	3	11	11	8	1	0	87.1	85	28	2	20	24	2.89	1.202	1.2
1946	NYA	AL	5	1	8	8	4	2	0	61.0	37	12	2	23	19	1.77	.984	1.8
1947	CHA	AL	3	5	9	9	1	0	0	53.0	63	36	7	16	11	6.11	1.491	-0.9
Total			273	225	624	536	335	45	16	4344.0	4284	1833	254	1541	1987	3.80	1.341	55.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1924	BOS	AL	P	8			0	3	0	0
1925	BOS	AL	P	37			7	50	1	3
1926	BOS	AL	P	37			10	34	1	2
1927	BOS	AL	P	26			8	36	1	1
1928	BOS	AL	P	42			7	51	3	4
1929	BOS	AL	OF	2			1	0	0	0
1929	BOS	AL	P	35			7	46	3	1
1930	BOS	AL	P	4			0	2	1	0
1930	NYA	AL	P	34			3	27	2	0
1931	NYA	AL	OF	1			1	0	0	0
1931	NYA	AL	P	37			4	32	0	1
1932	NYA	AL	P	35			4	38	2	4
1933	NYA	AL	P	35			8	45	2	5
1934	NYA	AL	P	36			10	32	3	2
1935	NYA	AL	P	30			17	26	0	3
1936	NYA	AL	P	33			13	56	1	6
1937	NYA	AL	P	31			9	28	1	2
1938	NYA	AL	P	31			11	34	0	2
1939	NYA	AL	P	28			8	32	2	2
1940	NYA	AL	P	30			6	30	2	2
1941	NYA	AL	P	23			7	21	0	3
1942	NYA	AL	P	24			8	30	1	5
1945	NYA	AL	P	11			2	11	1	1
1946	NYA	AL	P	8			2	6	0	1
1947	CHA	AL	P	9			2	7	0	1
Total				627			155	677	27	51

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1937	TSN All-Star	ML
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1938	TSN All-Star	ML
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1939	TSN All-Star	ML
1941	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1948	BBWAA	4	91	No
1949	BBWAA	22	115	No
1949	Run Off	4		No
1950	BBWAA	12	126	No
1951	BBWAA	9	170	No
1952	BBWAA	10	176	No
1953	BBWAA	24	198	No
1954	BBWAA	29	189	No
1955	BBWAA	60	189	No
1956	BBWAA	97	145	No
1958	BBWAA	99	200	No
1960	BBWAA	86	202	No
1962	BBWAA	72	120	No
1964	Run Off	184		No
1964	BBWAA	141	151	No
1966	BBWAA	208	227	No
1967	Run Off	266		Yes
1967	BBWAA	212	219	No