Virgil Barnes vs. Red Ruffing — Career Comparison

Virgil Barnes
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Red Ruffing
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Virgil Barnes and Red Ruffing are fairly close on the surface numbers. Virgil Barnes had the edge in ERA (3.66 vs 3.8). By the career numbers, Virgil Barnes had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Virgil Barnes and Red Ruffing

Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.69
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
1.29
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.11
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
536
1.11
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.5
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
0.57
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.49
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.47
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.83
50.83
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.82
54.82
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.85
65.85
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.9
85.9
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.48
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.69
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.09
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.03
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
3.66
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1833
3.8
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3282
27
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13032
27
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1094
9
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4344
9
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1192
9.81
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4284
8.88
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.81
9.81
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.38
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.53
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
2.41
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
3.19
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
2.26
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
4.12
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.519
0.519
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.812
0.812
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.1
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.12
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4643
38.2
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18579
38.49
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.26
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.15
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
4.32
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
2117
4.39
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4342
35.72
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16980
35.18
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Virgil Barnes and Red Ruffing

Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.24
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.86
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.498
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.327
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Virgil Barnes and Red Ruffing

Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
205
312.98
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
882
254.06
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
393
600
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2083
600
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
371
566.41
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1937
557.95
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.707
0.707
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
150.07
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
107.73
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.23
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.74
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
10.37
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
42.34
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
4.35
6.65
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228.39
65.79
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
753
216.9
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
47
71.76
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
624
179.74
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.599
0.599
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
30.53
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
59.63
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
9
13.74
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
78.64
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
29
44.27
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
127.89
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.03
-13.79
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248.62
71.61
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.73
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.69
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
27.94
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
181.68
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
266
76.62
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.3
3.3
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.83
7.83
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.9
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
12.39
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
13
3.74
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.29
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.29
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.58
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50