Red Ruffing
Red Ruffing | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Granville, Illinois, U.S. | May 3, 1905|
Died: February 17, 1986 Mayfield Heights, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 80)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 31, 1924, for the Boston Red Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 15, 1947, for the Chicago White Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 273–225 |
Earned run average | 3.80 |
Strikeouts | 1,987 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the National | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 1967 |
Vote | 86.9% (15th ballot) |
Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing (May 3, 1905 – February 17, 1986) was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1924 through 1947. He played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox. Ruffing is most remembered for his time with the highly successful Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s.
Ruffing dropped out of school as a child to work in a
Ruffing was a member of six
Early life
Charles Herbert Ruffing was born on May 3, 1905, in
Red quit school at the age of 13 to work for his father in the mine, earning $3 per day ($61 in current dollar terms), working as a
When Ruffing was 15 years old, he suffered an accident in the mine, where his left foot was crushed between two cars. Though the doctor was able to save his foot, Red lost four toes.[1][3] He 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.[3] Doc Bennett, the manager of a nearby semi-professional team, suggested that Ruffing should try to continue pursuing a baseball career by becoming a pitcher.[1]
Professional career
Minor leagues (1923–24)
Bennett helped arrange for Ruffing to sign his first professional contract when he reached the age of 18. Ruffing signed with the
The Red Sox assigned Ruffing to the
Major leagues
Boston Red Sox (1924–1930)
Ruffing made his major league debut with the Red Sox on May 31, 1924. He pitched without earning a
The Red Sox chose Ruffing to be their Opening Day starting pitcher for the 1929 season.[11] During the 1929 season, he again led the AL in losses, with 22, and earned runs, with 135.[12] He won only nine games.[13] Ruffing often had difficulty pitching more than five innings in a game.[14] Someone in the Red Sox organization suggested to Ruffing that he should try to gain weight by drinking beer, which saw him grow from 185 pounds (84 kg) to 240 pounds (110 kg).[3]
During the 1930 season, Bob Quinn, the owner of the Red Sox, was in debt and afraid he would lose the team due to foreclosure. To raise capital, he traded Ruffing to the New York Yankees for reserve outfielder Cedric Durst, $50,000 ($911,952 in current dollar terms), and a $50,000 loan from Jacob Ruppert, the Yankees' owner.[1] Ruffing ended his 5+1⁄2-year tenure with the Red Sox with a 39–96 win–loss record;[3][4] his winning percentage (.289) was lower than that of the Red Sox during his tenure (.344).[1]
New York Yankees
1930–1938
Miller Huggins, who served as the Yankees' manager through 1929, had attempted to acquire Ruffing from the Red Sox for the last couple years of his Yankees' tenure. When Ruffing told him that he was considering moving to the outfield, Huggins told him he should continue as a pitcher.[3] Bob Shawkey, a former pitcher who succeeded Huggins as the Yankees new manager in 1930, had convinced Ed Barrow, the Yankees' general manager, to acquire Ruffing. Shawkey believed he could change Ruffing's approach to pitching to obtain better results.[14] Shawkey worked with Ruffing to change his pitching delivery, so that Ruffing used his body more. This helped Ruffing save his arm strength for the later innings of the game.[1][14] The trade of Ruffing for Durst is now 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.[15] The 1930 season proved to be Durst's worst year in the majors.[16] Ruffing had a 0–3 record with the Red Sox before the trade. He won 15 games for the Yankees after the trade, losing only five games.[4][14]
The Yankees chose Ruffing as their starting pitcher for Opening Day in 1931.
Ruffing had a 9–14 win–loss record with a 3.91 ERA in the 1933 season, as the Yankees finished in second place in the AL.
Ruffing won 20 games during the 1936 season.
The Yankees started Ruffing on Opening Day for the 1938 season.
1939–1946
McCarthy named Ruffing to be the starting pitcher for the Yankees on Opening Day in 1939.
Ruffing was the Yankees' Opening Day starting pitcher in 1940.[53] He was named to the 1940 All-Star team, and Cronin, acting as manager, selected Ruffing as his starting pitcher.[54][55] Ruffing finished the season with a 15–12 win–loss record.[56] Ruffing was a member of the 1941 All-Star team as well, but he did not pitch in the game.[57] He had a 15–6 win–loss record during the 1941 season, and was named the starting pitcher for Game One of the 1941 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.[58] Ruffing defeated the Dodgers, as the Yankees won the series four games to one.[59]
Ruffing pitched for the Yankees during Opening Day of the 1942 season.[60] That year, he compiled a 14–7 win–loss record. He was again named an All-Star, and again did not pitch in the All-Star Game, which was started by teammate Spud Chandler.[61] Though teammate Tiny Bonham had a better season, pitching to a 21–5 win–loss record, McCarthy again chose Ruffing as his Game One starter for the 1942 World Series,[62][63] setting a record with six World Series Game One starts that stood until Whitey Ford started his seventh Game One in the 1963 World Series.[64] Ruffing defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in Game One, his seventh World Series victory. This set a record that was surpassed by Ford in 1960.[1] Ruffing pitched again in the Game Five, with the Yankees down three games to one. Ruffing lost the game, as the Cardinals defeated the Yankees to win the series.[22][65]
After the 1942 season, Ruffing took a job with
Ruffing turned 40 years of age during the war, resulting in his
In total, Ruffing won 231 games with the Yankees. This mark was the most in franchise history, until Ford surpassed it in 1965.[73] He remains the winningest right-handed pitcher in Yankees' history.[74]
Chicago White Sox (1947)
Suffering from recurrent knee injuries, the Yankees released Ruffing after the 1946 season. He signed with the Chicago White Sox for the 1947 season,[75] but continued to be limited by his knee. In May, the White Sox removed Ruffing from their active roster after he was hit in his bad knee with another line drive.[76] He rejoined the White Sox' active roster in July.[77] He pitched to a 3–5 win–loss record and a 6.11 ERA in nine games pitched on the season.[78] Ruffing retired after the 1947 season.[4]
Career summary
Ruffing threw a
Ruffing finished his career with 273 wins, 225 losses, 1,987 strikeouts and a 3.80 ERA.[4] He also had 16 saves.[79] Ruffing compiled 335 complete games in his 536 games started.[80]
A 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, Ruffing holds the AL record for most runs and earned runs allowed.[81] This belies the fact that he finished in the Top 10 in the AL in ERA for eight consecutive years after mastering his new delivery, finishing 2nd twice and 3rd and 4th once each between 1932 and 1940. This two second-place finishes were to Hall of Famer Lefty Grove, who dominated the 1930s with seven league leads during the decade en route to his all-time AL record of nine. So high were ERAs during the 1932-1940 span that three times Grove was the only pitcher to better a 3.00 ERA, and once, in 1938, no AL pitcher did, Grove leading the league a 3.08.[82]
Ruffing was an excellent hitter for a pitcher, good enough to frequently be called on to pinch hit[4] and even play the outfield in emergency situations.[83] His 36 home runs as a pitcher are fourth behind Ferrell, Warren Spahn, and Bob Lemon.[84] He hit over .300 in eight different seasons, batting .269 overall with 521 hits in 1,937 career at-bats.
Coaching career
After he retired from pitching, Ruffing stayed with the White Sox organization to instruct their players. The White Sox named Ruffing the manager of their Class A minor league affiliate, the
When
Personal life
Ruffing married Pauline Mulholland, a native of Chicago, at the end of the 1934 season. The couple settled in Long Beach, California.[3] When he worked for the Indians in the 1950s, the Ruffing family relocated to Cleveland. The couple had a son, named Charles Jr.[1]
Ruffing suffered a
Honors
In balloting for the
During an Old-Timers' Day ceremony held on July 10, 2004, at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees dedicated a plaque in Ruffing's memory. The plaque is displayed in Monument Park.[74] ESPN.com ranked Ruffing as the ninth greatest Yankee of all time.[95]
A museum in Nokomis, Illinois, the Bottomley-Ruffing-Schalk Museum, is dedicated to Ruffing and fellow Hall of Famers Ray Schalk and Jim Bottomley.[96]
In 2013, the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award honored Ruffing as one of 37 Baseball Hall of Fame members for his service in the United States Army Air Force during World War II.[97]
See also
- List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders
- List of Major League Baseball all-time leaders in home runs by pitchers
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External links
- Red Ruffing at the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Interview with baseball player Charley Ruffing (sound recording) by Eugene C. Murdock on Sep. 15, 1974, in Beachwood, Ohio (60 min.). Available on Cleveland Public Library's Digital Gallery.
- Red Ruffing at Find a Grave