How Red Ruffing's Innings Pitched Compares to Similar Players
Red Ruffing totaled 4,344 career Innings Pitched, well above the starting pitcher average of 772.4 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Innings Pitched season came in 1928, posting 289, well above the starting pitcher average of 114.2 that year. The lowest point came in 1924 at 23, well below the starting pitcher average of 115.0 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Innings Pitched total went from 87 in 1945 to 61 in 1946 and 53 in 1947, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Innings Pitched profile — ranging from 23 to 289 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Red Ruffing Lifetime Innings Pitched and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Innings Pitched for Red Ruffing
| Red Ruffing
Innings Pitched | Red Ruffing
Pitched Outs |
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| Career | 4344 | 13032 |
| Season Avg. | 197.5 | 592.36 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1127.8 | 3383.31 |
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Red Ruffing Innings Pitched Per Season
Red Ruffing's Innings Pitched 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 Innings Pitched by Team
Red Ruffing's career Innings Pitched totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Red Ruffing Cumulative Innings Pitched — Career Progression
A running total of Red Ruffing's career Innings Pitched, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Red Ruffing Innings Pitched Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Red Ruffing's seasonal Innings Pitched 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 Innings Pitched — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Red Ruffing's MLB career with Innings Pitched 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.
