Darrell May vs. Red Ruffing — Career Comparison

Darrell May
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Red Ruffing
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Red Ruffing posted a stronger line than Darrell May. Red Ruffing posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.8 vs 5.16) and WHIP (1.341 vs 1.467). By the career numbers, Red Ruffing 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 Darrell May and Red Ruffing

Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
2.19
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
1.29
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.32
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
536
1.11
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.35
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
0.57
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.59
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.47
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.82
54.82
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.25
60.25
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.9
85.9
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.69
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.09
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.03
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
5.16
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1833
3.8
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1982
27
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13032
27
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
660.2
9
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4344
9
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
10.16
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4284
8.88
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.68
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
0.53
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.89
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
3.19
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
5.64
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
4.12
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.948
0.948
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.1
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.12
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2896
39.45
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18579
38.49
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.31
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.15
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
5.6
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2117
4.39
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.4
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.63
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2636
35.91
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16980
35.18
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Darrell May and Red Ruffing

Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
2.19
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.32
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1982
27
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
660.2
9
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.48
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.82
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
677
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.36
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
859
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.29
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.86
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.327
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.25
60.25
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Darrell May and Red Ruffing

Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
3331.03
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
882
254.06
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2083
600
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
26
537.93
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1937
557.95
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.707
0.707
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
150.07
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
107.73
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.23
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
3.74
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
10.37
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
42.34
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
4.49
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228.39
65.79
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
753
216.9
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
624
179.74
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.599
0.599
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
59.63
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
78.64
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
127.89
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.99
-20.58
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248.62
71.61
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.73
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
27.94
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
266
76.62
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.83
7.83
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
12.39
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Red Ruffing
Career
Per 600 PA
13
3.74
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.29
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.29
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
Red Ruffing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50