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+
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	34	C	53	180	162	25	45	5	0	1	27	1		11	1		1	6		0	.278	.328	.327	.655	79
1938	PC	NN2	26	C	22	85	71	5	13	1	0	0	10	0		8	0		0	6		0	.183	.266	.197	.463	24
1939	NE/PS	NN2	27	C	24	74	65	6	9	1	0	1	9	0	0	5	3	0	1	3	0	0	.138	.211	.200	.411	8
1937	PC	NN2	25	C	22	68	65	4	16	2	1	0	7	0		1			0	2			.246	.258	.308	.565	49
1940	PS/ULT	MEX/NN2	28	C	63	231	210	21	45	3	3	0	13	3	0	17	12	0	2	2		0	.214	.279	.257	.537	38
1942	NE	NN2	30	C	37	122	109	16	26	3	0	0	11	1		8	0	0	3	2			.239	.308	.266	.574	64
1936	NE	NN2	24	C	18	63	56	3	6	0	0	0	1	1		6			0	1			.107	.194	.107	.301	-21
1941	ULT	MEX	29	C	91	347	320	32	83	11	2	0	43	1		22	24		4	1			.259	.315	.306	.621	57
1944	NE	NN2	32	C	3	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			.154	.154	.154	.308	-18
1943	NE/NNN	NLA/NN2	31	C	32	120	110	16	23	7	1	0	19	4		8		0	2	0			.209	.275	.291	.566	49
1935	be	NN2	23	C	14	41	38	3	9	0	0	0	5	0		3	0		0	0			.237	.293	.237	.530	35
11	6			C	379	1344	1219	131	277	33	7	2	145	11	0	89	40	0	13	23	0	0	.227	.287	.271	.558	46
162 Game Average						574	521	56	118	14	3	1	62	6	0	38	53	0	6	10	0	0	.227	.287	.271	.558	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				241	808	725	81	154	19	2	2	91	7	0	56	4	0	7	20	0	0	.212	.275	.252	.528	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	165	567	514	65	116	16	1	1	70	7	0	37	4	0	6	10	0	0	.226	.285	.267	.552	50
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			C	44	153	136	9	29	3	1	0	17	0		9	0		0	8		0	.213	.262	.250	.512	35
2	Philadelphia Stars			C	30	85	72	7	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	10	0	0	1	2	0	0	.125	.241	.167	.408	5
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	NNL North All Stars			-	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	East All Stars			C	1	1	1	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%	0.9%			9.99		0.0%	1.5%		.000	.137
1936	NE	NN2	63		.163	.351		9.5%	8.8%			0.3%			32.38		0.0%	1.7%		.000	.127
1937	PC	NN2	68		.249	.336		1.5%	7.9%			0.1%			61.60		0.0%	1.6%		.062	.129
1938	PC	NN2	85		.219	.344		9.4%	9.3%		0.0%	0.4%			24.45		0.0%	1.6%		.014	.128
1939	NE/PS	NN2	74		.196	.353		6.8%	0.8%		4.1%	9.0%		1.67	11.73		1.4%	1.6%		.062	.121
1940	PS/ULT	MEX/NN2	231		.259	.358		7.4%	8.4%		5.2%	9.6%		1.42	3.01		0.0%	1.2%		.043	.129
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	122		.282	.335		6.6%	9.7%		0.0%	1.3%			7.46		0.0%	1.1%		.028	.102
1943	NE/NNN	NLA/NN2	120		.277	.361		6.7%				10.0%					0.0%	0.7%		.082	.106
1944	NE	NN2	13		.146	.347		0.0%	8.4%		0.0%	0.4%			23.50		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.106
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	180		.308	.346		6.1%	0.8%		0.6%	9.4%		11.00	29.95		0.6%	1.1%		.049	.102
11	6		1344		.268	.356		6.6%	9.8%		4.3%	4.0%		1.63	16.38		0.1%	1.2%		.043	.119

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		808		.254	.348		6.9%	9.3%		1.0%	0.7%		8.00	26.49		0.2%	1.3%		.040	.115
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		567		.267	.349		6.5%	9.4%		1.7%	0.7%		3.50	24.80		0.2%	1.1%		.041	.109
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords		153		.233	.340		5.9%	8.7%		0.0%	0.3%			40.96		0.0%	1.6%		.037	.129
2	Philadelphia Stars		85		.212	.362		11.8%	9.7%		0.0%	0.8%			12.09		1.2%	1.5%		.042	.126
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	NNL North All Stars		2		.000	.327		0.0%	5.6%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.090
1	East All Stars		1		.000	.266		0.0%	6.7%								0.0%	0.0%		.000	.009

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