Red Ruffing Award 2018
Hall of fame pitcher Red Ruffing was a very good hitting pitcher and topped .300 eight times. The Yankees often used Ruffing as a pinch-hitter. Ruffing has more career pinch-hits than any other Yankee. Here are the final stats for 2018.
Red Ruffing Award qualifiers:
RUNS
Max Scherzer Washington 8
Tyler Anderson Colorado 8
Zack Greinke Arizona 6
Tanner Roark Washington 6
Kyle Freeland Colorado 6
Michael Lorenzen Cincinnati 6
HITS
German Marquez Colorado 18
Max Scherzer Washington 17
Zack Greinke Arizona 15
Patrick Corbin Arizona 12
Jacob deGrom New York(N) 11
Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles(N) 11
Tanner Roark Washington 11
Zack Wheeler New York(N) 11
DOUBLES
Zack Greinke Arizona 4
Junior Guerra Milwaukee 3
TRIPLES
Daniel Poncedeleon St Louis 1
Tanner Roark Washington 1
Ranger Suarez Philadelphia 1
HOME RUNS
Michael Lorenzen Cincinnati 4
John Gant St Louis 2
Steven Matz New York(N) 2
Miles Mikolas St Louis 2
GRAND SLAM HOME RUN
Michael Lorenzen Cincinnati 1
Anthony DeSclafani Cincinnati 1
RUNS BATTED IN
Michael Lorenzen Cincinnati 10
Jon Lester Chicago(N) 9
Tanner Roark Washington 8
Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles(N) 7
Miles Mikolas St Louis 6
Max Scherzer Washington 6
BASES ON BALLS
Dan Straily Miami 8
Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles(N) 7
Jacob deGrom New York(N) 4
Kevin Gausman Baltimore-Atlanta 4
Zack Godley Arizona 4
Joey Lucchesi San Diego 4
Brent Suter Milwaukee 4
STOLEN BASES
Zack Greinke Arizona 3
Tyson Ross San Diego-St Louis 1
Max Scherzer Washington 1
Ross Stripling Los Angeles(N) 1
Alex Wood Los Angeles(N) 1
BATTING AVERAGE
German Marquez Colorado .300
Michael Lorenzen Cincinnati .291
Hyun-Jin Ryu Los Angeles(N) .269
Max Scherzer Washington .243
Carlos Martinez St Louis .242
Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles(N) .239
Zack Greinke Arizona .234
ON BASE PERCENTAGE
Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles(N) .340
Michael Lorenzen Cincinnati .333
Brent Suter Milwaukee .323
Hyun-Jin Ryu Los Angeles(N) .321
German Marquez Colorado .300
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE
Michael Lorenzen Cincinnati .710
Carlos Martinez St Louis .394
German Marquez Colorado .350
Brent Suter Milwaukee .346
Hyun-Jin Ryu Los Angeles(N) .308
OPS
Michael Lorenzen Cincinnati 1.043
Brent Suter Milwaukee .669
German Marquez Colorado .650
Carlos Martinez St Louis .629
Hyun-Jin Ryu Los Angeles(N) .629
SACRIFICE HITS
Julio Teheran Atlanta 12
Jhoulys Chacin Milwaukee 9
Mike Foltynewicz Atlanta 8
Zack Godley Arizona 8
Kenta Maeda Los Angeles(N) 8
Stephen Strasburg Washington 8
HIT BY PITCH
Max Scherzer Washington 2
HARDEST TO STRIKE OUT
PITCHER TEAM PA SO PCT
Austin Gomber St Louis 21 3 7.00
Julio Teheran Atlanta 54 8 6.75
German Marquez Colorado 65 11 5.90
Max Scherzer Washington 78 14 5.57
Chad Kuhl Pittsburgh 27 5 5.40
WINNER
Michael Lorenzen Cincinnati
