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An outfielder with a knack for being in the right place at the right time, Ripple played on three pennant-winning teams in his seven ML years. He hit .305 in 95 games for the 1936 Giants as their answer to the rival Yankees' rookie Joe DiMaggio. Ripple improved to .317 the next year. After he was traded to Brooklyn in 1939, Ripple was sent to their Montreal farm club early in the 1940 season. But the Dodgers failed to use the waiver system properly and Judge Landis made Ripple a free agent. He signed with the Reds and hit .307 down the stretch. In the 1940 WS, he hit .333, homering to win Game Two and scoring the winning run in the final game. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » October 3, 1936: Game 3 shifts to Yankee Stadium and a new attendance record of 64,842. Lou Gehrig's solo HR is matched by the Giants' Jimmy Ripple, with the deciding run of the Yankees 2-1 squeaker coming on an infield hit. » May 19, 1937: Dizzy Dean instigates another donnybrook following a number of knockdown pitches in a game with the Giants. The Giants score three runs in the 6th inning after Dean is called for a balk by ump George Barr. Losing 4–1 to Carl Hubbell in the 9th, Dean knocks down Jimmy Ripple with a pitch. Ripple follows with a bunt on the first base side in a effort to make Dean field the ball. The bunt, however, bounces to 2B Jimmy Brown, who prepares to throw to Johnny Mize at 1B. Dean, who had started toward the ball, keeps running and barrels into Ripple. The two benches empty, and when the field is cleared by the umpires and policemen, the batter Ripple, who was never put out at first base, is credited with a single. Catchers Gus Mancuso and Mickey Owen are ejected after staging their own private boxing match. The only player who doesn't leave the bench is Hubbell, who wins his 6th straight game of the year and 22nd regular-season decision in a row. The Cards scoreboard attendant counts pitches in the game: 172 by Dean and 93 by Hubbell (70 strikes, 23 balls). King Carl uses five pitches in both the 1st and 8th. » August 23, 1940: The Reds purchase Jimmy Ripple from the Dodgers. » October 3, 1940: Bucky Walters gives the National League its first Series game victory since Carl Hubbell beat the Yankees in 1937. Jimmy Ripple's 2-run home run in the 3rd provides the margin. Walters gives up only three hits, but is lucky to escape a jittery first inning. » October 8, 1940: With only one day's rest, Bobo Newsom comes back for the Tigers and nearly has enough to win. Detroit gets an unearned run off Paul Derringer in the 3rd, and Newsom holds the Reds scoreless through six innings. In the 7th, however, Frank McCormick and Jimmy Ripple hit consecutive doubles, and Ripple later ambles in from 3B on Billy Myers' sac fly. Derringer gives up seven hits in the first six innings but sets the Tigers down in order in the final three frames. Old Jimmy Wilson catches six of the seven games, hits .353, and has the only SB of the Series. The Reds' share is $5,803 and the Tigers get $3,532.