Leon Ruffin - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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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Notes:

• Buried: Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Portsmouth, VA)

Batting

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			.237	.293	.237	.530	35
1936	NE	NN2	24	C	18	63	56	3	6	0	0	0	1	1		6			0	1			.107	.194	.107	.301	-21
1937	PC	NN2	25	C	22	68	65	4	16	2	1	0	7	0		1			0	2			.246	.258	.308	.565	49
1938	PC	NN2	26	C	22	85	71	5	13	1	0	0	10	0		8			0	6			.183	.266	.197	.463	24
1939	PS/NE	NN2/NLP	27	C	23	74	69	7	9	0	0	1	3	0		4				1			.130	.178	.174	.352	-6
1940	PS/ULT	NN2/MEX	28	C	62	226	208	21	45	3	3	0	12	3		14	12		2	2			.216	.272	.260	.532	37
1941	ULT	MEX	29	C	91	347	320	32	83	11	2	0	43	1		22	24		4	1			.259	.315	.306	.621	57
1942	NE	NN2	30	C	35	124	113	16	28	4	0	0	10	1		9				2			.248	.303	.283	.586	71
1943	NOS/NE	NSA/NN2	31	C	32	119	109	16	23	7	1	0	20	4		8			2	0	0		.211	.277	.294	.571	51
1944	NE	NN2	32	C	3	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.154	.154	.154	.308	-17
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	34	C	53	180	162	25	45	5	0	1	27	1		11		0	1	6	0	0	.278	.328	.327	.655	79
11	6			C	375	1340	1224	132	279	33	7	2	138	11		86	36	0	9	21	0	0	.228	.284	.271	.555	46
162 Game Average						579	529	57	121	14	3	1	60	6		37	42	0	5	9	0	0	.228	.284	.271	.555	46

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				237	804	730	82	156	19	2	2	84	7		53		0	3	18	0	0	.214	.270	.253	.523	42
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	161	564	514	65	117	16	1	1	64	7		38		0	3	9	0		.228	.285	.268	.553	52
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	44	153	136	9	29	3	1	0	17	0		9			0	8			.213	.262	.250	.512	35
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	.355		7.3%	8.7%								0.0%	1.5%		.000	.137
1936	NE	NN2	63		.163	.351		9.5%	8.8%								0.0%	1.7%		.000	.127
1937	PC	NN2	68		.249	.336		1.5%	7.9%								0.0%	1.6%		.062	.129
1938	PC	NN2	85		.219	.344		9.4%	9.3%								0.0%	1.6%		.014	.129
1939	PS/NE	NN2/NLP	74		.170	.348		5.4%				8.6%					1.4%	1.8%		.043	.116
1940	PS/ULT	NN2/MEX	226		.254	.357		6.2%			5.3%	9.5%		1.17			0.0%	1.2%		.043	.128
1941	ULT	MEX	347		.302	.374		6.3%	11.1%		6.9%	8.6%		0.92	1.29		0.0%	1.1%		.047	.122
1942	NE	NN2	124		.284	.327		7.3%	9.6%								0.0%	1.0%		.035	.094
1943	NOS/NE	NSA/NN2	119		.279	.359		6.7%				9.7%					0.0%	0.7%		.083	.106
1944	NE	NN2	13		.146	.343		0.0%	8.6%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.104
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	180		.308	.347		6.1%				9.4%					0.6%	1.1%		.049	.101
11	6		1340		.266	.355		6.4%	9.7%		6.7%	9.1%		0.92	1.16		0.1%	1.2%		.043	.117

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		804		.251	.346		6.6%	9.2%								0.2%	1.3%		.040	.112
2	vs Latin Leagues		536		.290	.368		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		564		.268	.346		6.7%	9.3%								0.2%	1.1%		.041	.107
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords		153		.233	.340		5.9%	8.7%								0.0%	1.6%		.037	.129
2	Philadelphia Stars		84		.179	.355		7.1%	9.2%								1.2%	1.6%		.039	.121
2	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna		536		.290	.368		6.2%	10.5%		6.7%	9.1%		0.92	1.16		0.0%	1.1%		.049	.124
1	North All Stars		2		.000	.301		0.0%	3.8%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.095
1	East All Stars		1		.000	.266		0.0%	6.7%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.010

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

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.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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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