Leon Ruffin

Charles Leon Ruffin
(Lassas)

Born: February 11, 1912 in Portsmouth, VA
Died: August 14, 1970 in Portsmouth, VA
(58 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 169

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• Buried: Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Portsmouth, VA)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1935	BE	NN2	23	C	14	41	38	3	9	0	0	0	5	0		3	0		0	0			.237	.293	.237	.530	35
1936	NE	NN2	24	C	18	63	56	3	6	0	0	0	1	1		6	0		0	1			.107	.194	.107	.301	-21
1937	PC	NN2	25	C	20	59	56	2	11	1	1	0	5	0		1	0		0	2			.196	.211	.250	.461	21
1938	PC	NN2	26	C	19	72	59	3	10	1	0	0	7	0		7			0	6			.169	.258	.186	.444	19
1939	NE/PS	NN2/NLP	27	C	23	74	69	7	9	0	0	1	3	0		4				1			.130	.178	.174	.352	-7
1940	ULT/PS	MEX/NN2	28	C	62	226	208	21	45	3	3	0	12	3		14	12		2	2			.216	.272	.260	.532	38
1941	ULT	MEX	29	C	91	347	320	32	83	11	2	0	43	1		22	24		4	1			.259	.315	.306	.621	56
1942	NE	NN2	30	C	35	124	113	16	28	4	0	0	10	1		9				2			.248	.303	.283	.586	71
1943	NE/NOS	NN2/NSA	31	C	32	119	109	16	23	7	1	0	20	4		8			2	0	0		.211	.277	.294	.571	50
1944	NE	NN2	32	C	3	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.154	.154	.154	.308	-17
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	34	C	48	165	149	24	37	4	0	1	23	1		10			0	6	0	0	.248	.296	.295	.591	66
11	6			C	365	1303	1190	127	263	31	7	2	129	11		84	36		8	21	0	0	.221	.277	.264	.541	43
162 Game Average						578	528	56	117	14	3	1	57	5		37	41		4	9	0	0	.221	.277	.264	.541	43

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Negro Leagues				227	767	696	77	140	17	2	2	75	7		51	0		2	18	0	0	.201	.258	.240	.498	36
2	vs Latin Leagues				138	536	494	50	123	14	5	0	54	4		33	36		6	3			.249	.304	.298	.602	53

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
7	Newark Eagles			C	156	549	501	64	109	15	1	1	60	7		37	0		2	9	0		.218	.274	.257	.532	47
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			C	39	131	115	5	21	2	1	0	12	0		8	0		0	8			.183	.236	.217	.453	20
2	Philadelphia Stars			C	30	84	77	8	10	0	0	1	3	0		6				1			.130	.193	.169	.362	-6
2	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			C	138	536	494	50	123	14	5	0	54	4		33	36		6	3			.249	.304	.298	.602	53
1	North All Stars			-	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	East All Stars			-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1935	BE	NN2	41	.261	.357	7.3%	8.8%	0.0%	0.9%		10.05	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.137
1936	NE	NN2	63	.163	.351	9.5%	8.8%	0.0%	0.3%		32.38	0.0%	1.7%	.000	.127
1937	PC	NN2	59	.203	.338	1.7%	8.0%	0.0%	0.1%		61.50	0.0%	1.6%	.054	.130
1938	PC	NN2	72	.210	.341	9.7%	9.3%					0.0%	1.5%	.017	.126
1939	NE/PS	NN2/NLP	74	.170	.350	5.4%			8.6%			1.4%	1.8%	.043	.116
1940	ULT/PS	MEX/NN2	226	.254	.354	6.2%		5.3%	9.5%	1.17		0.0%	1.2%	.043	.127
1941	ULT	MEX	347	.302	.375	6.3%	11.1%	6.9%	8.6%	0.92	1.30	0.0%	1.1%	.047	.123
1942	NE	NN2	124	.284	.327	7.3%	9.6%					0.0%	1.0%	.035	.094
1943	NE/NOS	NN2/NSA	119	.279	.362	6.7%			9.7%			0.0%	0.7%	.083	.107
1944	NE	NN2	13	.146	.344	0.0%	8.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
1946	NE/EAS	MULT	165	.277	.338	6.1%			8.6%			0.6%	1.1%	.047	.094
11	6		1303	.260	.354	6.4%	9.7%	5.2%	7.1%	1.19	9.58	0.2%	1.2%	.043	.116

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		767	.239	.345	6.6%	9.1%	0.0%	0.4%		37.08	0.3%	1.3%	.039	.111
2	vs Latin Leagues		536	.290	.367	6.2%	10.5%	6.7%	9.1%	0.92	1.16	0.0%	1.1%	.049	.124

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
7	Newark Eagles		549	.258	.344	6.7%	9.1%	0.0%	0.5%		23.58	0.2%	1.1%	.040	.105
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords		131	.206	.340	6.1%	8.7%	0.0%	0.1%		61.50	0.0%	1.5%	.035	.128
2	Philadelphia Stars		84	.179	.355	7.1%	9.2%					1.2%	1.6%	.039	.121
2	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna		536	.290	.367	6.2%	10.5%	6.7%	9.1%	0.92	1.16	0.0%	1.1%	.049	.124
1	North All Stars		2	.000	.318	0.0%	3.7%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.101
1	East All Stars		1	.000	.266	0.0%	6.7%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.010

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Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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