How Red Ruffing's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Red Ruffing posted a career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings of 4.39, near the starting pitcher average of 4.45 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1946, posting 1.92, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.17 that year. The highest point came in 1924 at 6.65, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.89 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.3 in 1945 to 1.92 in 1946 and 6.62 in 1947. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 1.92 to 6.65 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Red Ruffing Lifetime Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings for Red Ruffing
| Red Ruffing
Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 4.39 |
| Season Avg. | 4.39 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.39 |
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Red Ruffing Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season
Red Ruffing's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team
Red Ruffing's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Red Ruffing Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Red Ruffing's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Red Ruffing's seasonal Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Red Ruffing's MLB career with Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings 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.
