60 Facts About Red Ruffing

Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing was an American professional baseball player.

Red Ruffing played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox.

Red Ruffing played for the mine's company baseball team as an outfielder and first baseman.

Red Ruffing played in minor league baseball in 1923 and 1924 before making his MLB debut with the Red Sox.

Red Ruffing served as a bullpen coach for the White Sox, a pitching coach for the New York Mets.

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Red Ruffing was a member of six World Series championship teams with the Yankees.

Red Ruffing was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.

Charles Herbert Red Ruffing was born on May 3,1905, in Granville, Illinois.

Red Ruffing was one of five children of John and Frances Ruffing, who emigrated to the United States from Germany.

Red Ruffing's father was a coal miner, working in a mine in Coalton until he suffered a broken back.

Red Ruffing quit school at the age of 13 to work for his father in the mine, earning $3 per day, working as a coupler.

Red Ruffing played baseball as an outfielder and first baseman for the mine's company team, and for a semi-professional team in Nokomis.

When Ruffing was 15 years old, he suffered an accident in the mine, where his left foot was crushed between two cars.

Red Ruffing was supposed to begin his professional baseball career in the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League that year, but he found himself unable to run as fast as he previously could.

Doc Bennett, the manager of a nearby semi-professional team, suggested that Red Ruffing should try to continue pursuing a baseball career by becoming a pitcher.

Red Ruffing signed with the Danville Veterans of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League, a minor league baseball team in the Class B designation level.

Red Ruffing saw regular playing time with the Red Sox over the next few years but had limited success.

Red Sox chose Ruffing to be their Opening Day starting pitcher for the 1929 season.

Red Ruffing often had difficulty pitching more than five innings in a game.

When Red Ruffing told him that he was considering moving to the outfield, Huggins told him he should continue as a pitcher.

The trade of Red Ruffing for Durst is reckoned as one of the most lopsided trades in baseball history; Durst was a reserve outfielder who always batted at the bottom of the lineup when he was used.

Red Ruffing won 15 games for the Yankees after the trade, losing only five games.

Red Ruffing won his first World Series game during the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.

Red Ruffing started Game One, and the Yankees swept the Cubs four games to zero.

Red Ruffing threw a one-hitter on June 20,1934, against the Cleveland Indians.

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Red Ruffing started Game One of the 1936 World Series against the New York Giants, but lost.

Red Ruffing's performance earned him eighth place in AL Most Valuable Player Award voting.

Red Ruffing started Game Two in the 1937 World Series, earning the victory, as the Yankees defeated the Giants four games to one.

Red Ruffing tied for the AL lead in shutouts during with three, while his 3.

Red Ruffing pitched the opening game of the 1938 World Series against the Cubs.

Red Ruffing won two games in the series as the Yankees defeated the Cubs.

Red Ruffing finished fourth in AL MVP voting for the 1938 season.

McCarthy named Red Ruffing to be the starting pitcher for the Yankees on Opening Day in 1939.

Red Ruffing missed several weeks late in the 1939 season due to an arm injury, but managed to start Game One of the 1939 World Series.

Red Ruffing defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs in that game, and the Yankees won the series in a four-game sweep.

Red Ruffing was the Yankees' Opening Day starting pitcher in 1940.

Red Ruffing was named to the 1940 All-Star team, and Cronin, acting as manager, selected Ruffing as his starting pitcher.

Red Ruffing defeated the Dodgers, as the Yankees won the series four games to one.

Red Ruffing pitched for the Yankees during Opening Day of the 1942 season.

Red Ruffing was again named an All-Star, and again did not pitch in the All-Star Game, which was started by teammate Spud Chandler.

Red Ruffing defeated the St Louis Cardinals in Game One, his seventh World Series victory.

Red Ruffing pitched again in the Game Five, with the Yankees down three games to one.

Red Ruffing lost the game, as the Cardinals defeated the Yankees to win the series.

Red Ruffing missed the 1943 and 1944 seasons due to his service during World War II.

Red Ruffing served in the Sixth Ferrying Group of the Air Transport Command of the United States Army Air Forces at the rank of private.

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Red Ruffing turned 40 years of age during the war, resulting in his discharge in June 1945.

Red Ruffing rejoined the Yankees that month, signing for the same $20,000 salary he earned in 1942.

Red Ruffing remains the winningest right-handed pitcher in Yankees' history.

Red Ruffing finished his career with 273 wins, 225 losses, 1,987 strikeouts and a 3.

Red Ruffing compiled 335 complete games in his 536 games started.

Combination of his extensive career workload, the offense-heavy era he pitched in, poor early ERAs prior to a mid-career change in his delivery, and the fact he pitched his entire 22-year career in a single league, Red Ruffing holds the AL record for most runs and earned runs allowed.

Red Ruffing was an excellent hitter for a pitcher, good enough to frequently be called on to pinch hit and even play the outfield in emergency situations.

In 1950, Red Ruffing managed the Daytona Beach Islanders of the Florida State League, a Cleveland Indians' affiliate.

From 1952 through 1961, Red Ruffing was a player personnel executive for the Indians.

Red Ruffing returned to the baseball field serving as pitching coach for the expansion New York Mets in 1962, which were run by George Weiss, the general manager, and Casey Stengel, the manager.

The job involved scouting duties, which Ruffing did not like, and he retired shortly after the season ended.

Red Ruffing returned to baseball again for the 1969 season, at the request of former teammate Don Heffner, who was managing the Denver Bears of the American Association.

Red Ruffing married Pauline Mulholland, a native of Chicago, at the end of the 1934 season.

Red Ruffing contracted skin cancer, necessitating the partial amputation of one of his ears.

Red Ruffing died on February 17,1986, at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, of heart failure.