Catching Hall Of Fame Pitchers Red Ruffing's Battery Mates

Red Ruffing pitcher for Boston (AL) 1924-1930, New York (AL) 1930-1946, and Chicago (AL) 1947. He pitched in 624 games, made 538 starts, had 335 complete games, and pitched 45 shutouts. Three of Ruffing's shutouts were caught by more than one catcher.

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT RED RUFFING'S STARTS Bill Dickey 281   Al Stokes 4 Fred Hoffman 45   Bubbles Hargrave 3 Art Jorgens 38   Grover Hartley 3 Johnnie Heving 30   Rollie Hemsley 3 Buddy Rosar 24   Casper Asbjornson 2 Charlie Berry 21   Mike Garbark 2 Alex Gaston 17   Cy Perkins 2 Joe Glenn 14   Bill Drescher 1 Aaron Robinson 12   Eddie Kearse 1 Val Picinich 8   Bill Moore 1 Benny Bengough 7   Steve O'Neill 1 John Bischoff 6   Eddie Phillips 1 Mike Tresh 5   Tony Rensa 1 George Dickey 4   Ken Silvestri @1   CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT RED RUFFING'S SHUTOUTS Bill Dickey 24   Mike Garbak 1 Buddy Rosar 5   Rollie Hemsley 1 Joe Glenn 2   Johnnie Heving 1 Art Jorgens 2   Fred Hoffman 1 Benny Bengough 1   Val Picinich 1 Charlie Berry 1   Ken Silvestri @1 John Bischoff 1   multiple catchers 3

HALL OF FAME CATCHERS are in RED

@ Silvestri's only start with Ruffing was a shutout (5/29/1946) 4 to 0 three-hitter over Mickey Haefner (WAS)

Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR

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