Why was Charles " Red " Ruffing nicknamed " Red ? "?
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Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing (May 3, 1905 - February 17, 1986) was a Major League Baseball pitcher most remembered for his time with the highly successful New York Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s.\n\n Born in Granville, Illinois, Ruffing suffered the loss of four toes on his left foot in a freak mine accident (in Coalton, Illinois) as a youth. Subsequently transformed from an outfielder to a pitcher, Ruffing made his major league debut in 1924 with the Boston Red Sox, pitching without a decision over 23 innings of work. He saw regular playing time with the Sox over the next few years but had limited success. His best year, in terms of earned run performance, came in 1928, when he posted a respectable 3.89 ERA; however, he also received abysmal offensive support and consequently suffered 25 losses to only 10 wins.\n\nRuffing's career was renewed by a mid-season trade in 1930 which sent him to the New York Yankees. Buoyed by the offensive production of greats Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, he won 15 games after the trade despite a hefty 4.14 ERA. Ruffing eventually turned into an ace, winning 20 games or more four times in a row from 1936 to 1939, and striking out a league high 190 batters in 1932. He regularly contended for the ERA crown, twice posting ERAs under 3.00, and appeared in seven World Series, won six (1932, 1936 - 1939, 1941), and posted a 7-2 career post-season record with a 2.63 ERA.\n\nAfter missing the 1942 and 1943 seasons due to the war, Ruffing was unable to regain his ace material upon returning in 1945. After moving to the Chicago White Sox in 1947, he retired. He finished his career with 273 wins, 225 losses, 1987 strikeouts and a 3.80 ERA. Ruffing was also an accomplished hitter, hitting 36 home runs and batting .269 in 1937 career at-bats.\n\nRuffing was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. On July 10, 2004, the Yankees dedicated a plaque in his memory to hang in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium.
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it was by simply red...cool song although i never caught the title when the local AC station played it...
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You are not thick my darling. I think its another brilliant question.\nWell here is my answer my little cherry pie.\nIn that part of the world, any famous person is known only by their first name. a bit like Kylie is here. That is their culture so I do always find it strange how Tony Blair calls him Saddam too, but that's Tony for you.\nAnother possible reason could be that Saddam wanted to portrait a nicer friendlier image of himself, you know, oh look here comes Uncle Saddam to gas us all.\nAnyway I really just wanted to answer so I could tell you how much I love you!
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don't know but ia cm a red head
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It's from the Welsh language word for 'red' - 'Coch'.....
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I think it means red devil
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why are you saying my nickname!!! My name is Chassidy and my nick name is Chassi. Plus no one ever takes the time to say Chassidy, they just call me chassi.
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call me Donald, I'm a redhead ;-)
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His name is pronounced "Ah -gwire" and not "Ah-gear re", which is the Spanish pronounciation. He is African-American as far as I remember. He is also my all time fav player, esp. when he played in Dallas.
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Does this help\nAs a submariner for years I also did not know this one.\n\nJIMMY "Jimmy-the-One"Naval nickname for the First Lieutenant of a ship. In the early days he was referred to as the "First Luff". Usually nowadays abbreviated to JIMMY and known as NUMBER ONE. \nhttp://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3814
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I believe Ruth got the name after he kept breaking his own HR record and the year he hit 60 he hit more than any American League team. He was just head and shoulders above everyone. The King or "Sultan" of HR hitting.\n\nAs for my favorite nickname. I must turn to Chris Berman on this one, and say my favorite nickname will always be......... Matt "Baaouuuu! Werewolves of..." Blundin.
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HUHHH??? whose names?????
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its a generic name for A man and a nickname for a men named John. \nits origin was as an alternate word for Soldier\nJust as we once called British Soldiers   Red Coats\nPeople once called Soldiers  "jacks" because they wore a syle of Coat known as a jacket. \n\nSailors were called Jack Tar's  because their Jackets were splotched with tar stains from the tar used to waterproof wooden ships.
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Englebert Humperdink.  \n\nIt's a fun name to say!
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Dr. Charles Drew \nhttp://www.blackinventor.com/pages/charlesdrew.html
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it means having "red hair"...in the croth area
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This isnt a bad question... ive wondered this too. The name is in reference to Abraham Lincolon who was the first republican president and supposedly born in a log cabin. Maybe "gay republicans" was too straight forward.