Herold Dominic "Muddy" Ruel was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and general manager.
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21 Facts About Muddy Ruel
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Muddy Ruel played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1934.
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One of the top defensive catchers of his era, Ruel was notable for being the personal catcher for Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, Walter Johnson and for scoring the winning run for the Washington Senators in Game 7 of the 1924 World Series.
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Muddy Ruel played for the St Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, and the Chicago White Sox during a career that lasted 19 seasons.
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Muddy Ruel then played in the minor leagues for two seasons with the Memphis Chickasaws before joining the New York Yankees in 1918.
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Muddy Ruel was the Yankees catcher on August 16,1920 when a Carl Mays' pitch hit Ray Chapman on the head, resulting in Chapman's death the next day.
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Muddy Ruel would be traded to the Boston Red Sox in 1921, where he played for two seasons before being traded to the Washington Senators in 1923.
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Muddy Ruel led American League catchers in assists and putouts, and finished 11th in the American League Most Valuable Player Award ballot.
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Muddy Ruel had another solid year in 1924, playing in 149 games and leading the American League catchers in assists and putouts.
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Muddy Ruel hit a single, then scored the tying run during the rally, to send the game into extra innings with the score tied at three runs apeice.
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Muddy Ruel finished sixth in the 1927 American League Most Valuable Player Award balloting.
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In December 1930, Muddy Ruel's contract was purchased from the Senators by the Boston Red Sox, who then traded him to the Detroit Tigers in August 1931.
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Muddy Ruel returned to the St Louis Browns in 1933 before ending his playing career with the Chicago White Sox in 1934 at the age of 38.
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Muddy Ruel led American League catchers three times in putouts and assists and twice in range factor and in baserunners caught stealing.
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Muddy Ruel made 23 double plays in 1924, the seventh highest season total for catchers in major league history.
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Muddy Ruel then became an assistant to Commissioner of Baseball Happy Chandler in 1946.
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Muddy Ruel then coached for the Cleveland Indians from 1948 to 1950, winning another world championship as a coach with the Indians in the 1948 World Series.
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Muddy Ruel was later named as the director of the Detroit Tigers' farm system before taking on the role as the Tigers' general manager from 1954 to 1956.
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Muddy Ruel was one of the few major leaguers to hold a law degree.
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Muddy Ruel is credited for being the first to label the catcher's protective equipment as the "tools of ignorance".
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Muddy Ruel is buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, California.
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