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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• Buried: Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Portsmouth, VA)


Compared to Contemporary Catchers (Top 50)

Compare With:

Glossary
# Players Pos Yrs Career HoF
WAR
Off
Fld
Pit
Adj
1
C
17
1930-1946
✔
59.5
55.3
2.5
-0.2
1.9
2
C
24
1920-1947
✔
30.2
26.4
1.9
-0.7
2.7
3
C
17
1930-1948
19.6
17.8
1.7
-0.5
0.6
4
C
26
1920-1946
15.8
6.2
7.0
0.0
2.6
5
C
18
1928-1946
11.7
2.5
1.9
6.3
1.0
6
C
9
1937-1945
✔
10.5
9.9
-0.1
-0.1
0.8
7
C
13
1926-1941
10.1
7.5
1.4
0.0
1.2
8
C
6
1940-1945
9.7
8.8
-0.2
-0.1
1.1
9
C
12
1932-1948
7.8
7.1
0.3
-0.1
0.6
10
C
26
1921-1947
6.9
3.7
0.5
0.0
2.7
11
C
20
1927-1946
6.2
6.2
-1.3
0.0
1.3
12
C
17
1916-1941
5.8
3.8
1.4
-0.7
1.3
13
C
29
1916-1947
5.7
2.5
1.0
0.0
2.1
14
C
15
1928-1945
5.5
5.6
-1.6
0.0
1.4
15
C
19
1928-1948
5.3
5.7
-1.7
0.0
1.2
16
C
12
1934-1948
3.1
1.7
0.5
0.1
0.8
17
C
9
1938-1947
1.7
1.9
-0.6
0.0
0.3
18
C
7
1937-1943
1.6
1.3
0.0
0.2
0.0
19
C
5
1939-1948
1.6
1.4
-0.1
0.0
0.3
20
C
8
1937-1946
1.5
1.1
0.1
0.0
0.3
21
C
2
1939-1941
1.1
0.7
0.3
0.0
0.1
22
C
9
1932-1942
1.0
1.5
-0.7
0.0
0.2
23
C
16
1929-1947
0.7
2.4
-1.8
0.0
0.0
24
C
11
1932-1943
0.6
-0.9
1.0
0.0
0.5
25
C
5
1929-1943
0.5
0.4
-0.3
0.4
0.1
26
C
2
1937-1946
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
27
C
3
1932-1944
0.2
0.4
-0.2
0.0
0.0
28
C
8
1940-1948
0.2
-0.2
0.1
0.0
0.3
29
C
9
1937-1946
0.1
0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.3
30
C
6
1940-1945
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
31
C
3
1940-1943
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
32
C
4
1940-1945
0.1
-0.3
0.3
0.0
0.1
33
C
3
1940-1942
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
34
C
3
1938-1941
0.0
0.3
-0.4
0.0
0.0
35
C
2
1940-1941
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
36
C
6
1940-1948
-0.1
-0.4
0.2
0.0
0.2
37
C
2
1940-1942
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
38
C
2
1936-1947
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
39
C
4
1920-1941
-0.2
0.2
-0.5
0.0
0.1
40
C
8
1934-1946
-0.2
-0.5
0.3
-0.2
0.1
41
C
4
1940-1948
-0.2
-0.4
0.2
0.0
0.0
42
C
4
1908-1942
-0.4
-0.3
-0.1
0.0
0.0
43
C
5
1937-1948
-0.4
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
0.1
44
C
5
1937-1942
-0.5
-0.6
0.0
0.0
0.1
45
C
13
1930-1944
-0.8
-0.6
-0.6
0.0
0.3
46
C
13
1935-1948
-0.9
-0.1
-0.9
-0.7
0.8
47
C
12
1932-1948
-1.1
-0.6
-1.0
0.0
0.5
48
C
2
1940-1941
-1.2
-1.6
0.0
0.0
0.3
49
C
6
1939-1948
-1.3
-0.9
-0.5
0.0
0.2
50
C
12
1930-1942
-1.3
-0.1
-1.6
-0.3
0.6
 
C
11
1935-1946
-4.0
-5.3
0.3
0.0
1.0

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