Red Ruffing
Charles Herbert " Red" Ruffing ( born March 3, 1904 in Granville, Illinois, † February 17, 1986 in Mayfield Heights, Ohio) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball.
Red Ruffing had lost a teenager in a mine accident four toes on his left foot. This pain never deserted him in his own words, and the injury delayed his speed. In professional baseball, he was so from outfielder to pitcher. His debut in the major leagues, he announced on May 31, 1924 for the Boston Red Sox. Ruffing was in a weak Red Sox team of the 20s to not particularly and delivered from only average performance.
1930 obliged him the New York Yankees as their manager Miller Huggins saw a reliable bowler in Ruffing, which could be a valuable part of the team with the support of the offensive of the Yankees. In his 15 years with the Yankees, he won the title seven times in the American League and six times the World Series. From 1936 to 1939 he won every time at least 20 games in the season. Even as a hitter he was unusually successful for a pitcher. The seasons in 1942 and 1943, he had his army service because of skip, but found after his return to baseball not go back to his usual form. After joining the Chicago White Sox in 1947, he ended his active career.
In the Baseball Hall of Fame Ruffing in 1967, taken in the last year in which he was selected. On 10 July 2004, the Yankees erected a plaque for him in Monument Park Yankee Stadium.