How Red Ruffing's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Red Ruffing posted a career Batting Average of .269, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1930, posting .364, well above the league average of .289 that year. The lowest point came in 1946 at .120, well below the league average of .257 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .217 in 1945 to .120 in 1946 and .208 in 1947. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .120 to .364 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Red Ruffing Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Red Ruffing
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| Career | 0.269 | 2083 | 1937 | 0.297 |
| Season Avg. | 0.269 | 94.68 | 88.05 | 0.297 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.269 | 382.59 | 355.78 | 0.297 |
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Red Ruffing Batting Average Per Season
Red Ruffing's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Red Ruffing Batting Average by Team
Red Ruffing's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Red Ruffing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Red Ruffing's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Red Ruffing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Red Ruffing's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Red Ruffing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Red Ruffing's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
