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

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			.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	20	59	56	2	11	1	1	0	5	0		1			0	2			.196	.211	.250	.461	21
1938	PC	NN2	26	C	22	85	71	5	13	1	0	0	10	0		8			0	6			.183	.266	.197	.463	24
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
1944	NE	NN2	32	C	3	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.154	.154	.154	.308	-17
11	6			C	368	1316	1202	129	266	31	7	2	132	11		85	36		8	21	0	0	.221	.277	.264	.541	43
162 Game Average						579	529	57	117	14	3	1	58	5		37	42		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				230	780	708	79	143	17	2	2	78	7		52			2	18	0	0	.202	.259	.240	.499	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			2	9	0		.218	.274	.257	.532	47
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			-	42	144	127	7	24	2	1	0	15	0		9			0	8			.189	.243	.220	.463	22
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%	1.5%	.000	.137
1936	NE	NN2	63	.163	.351	9.5%	8.8%					0.0%	1.7%	.000	.127
1937	PC	NN2	59	.203	.338	1.7%	8.0%					0.0%	1.6%	.054	.130
1938	PC	NN2	85	.219	.344	9.4%	9.3%					0.0%	1.6%	.014	.129
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
1944	NE	NN2	13	.146	.344	0.0%	8.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
11	6		1316	.260	.354	6.5%	9.7%	6.7%	9.1%	0.92	1.16	0.2%	1.2%	.042	.116

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		780	.240	.345	6.7%	9.1%					0.3%	1.3%	.038	.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%					0.2%	1.1%	.040	.105
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords		144	.213	.342	6.3%	8.8%					0.0%	1.6%	.031	.129
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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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

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

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