Though Ruether had a reputation as a troublemaker, in 1919 his .760 winning percentage (19-6) for the Reds was the NL's best. The lefthander beat the Black Sox in Game One of the 1919 WS. One of the better-hitting pitchers in the game (.258, 7 HR, 111 RBI), Ruether ranks fifth all-time in pinch hits by a pitcher (34).

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He went 13-6 as the fourth starter on the great 1927 Yankee club. He should have learned a lesson from Wally Pipp's experience with Lou Gehrig. One day Ruether was too ill to pitch, and lost his job to George Pipgras. (EW)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » September 16, 1919: Dutch Ruether beats the Giants 4-3 to clinch the Reds' first pennant since American Association days. » October 1, 1919: Eddie Cicotte, a 29-game winner, is driven to cover in a 5-run 4th. Cincinnati's Dutch Ruether pitches a 6-hitter, and has 3 RBI on 2 triples and a single for a 9-1 win. Reds OF Greasy Neale, the only man to play in a WS, coach a football team in the Rose Bowl, and become a pro football Hall of Fame coach, also has 3 hits. He will top the Reds with .357 for the Series. » October 7, 1919: Happy Felsch's error and 2 boots by Swede Risberg help put Dickie Kerr in the hole 4-0, but Felsch, Weaver, and Jackson combine for 7 hits as the Sox win 5-4. Dutch Ruether doesn't survive the 6th; Jimmie Ring is the loser, as Kerr wins his 2nd. » December 15, 1920: Brooklyn sends Rube Marquard to the Reds for Dutch Ruether. Marquard was in the Ebbets doghouse after being arrested in a Cleveland hotel lobby for scalping World Series tickets. » July 21, 1922: The Cubs edge Brooklyn 1–0 as Grover Cleveland Alexander wins the duel with Dutch Ruether. Ray Grimes, who drove in three runs yesterday, doubles in the only Cub tally. Grimes now has RBIs in 15 straight games. » September 4, 1924: Dazzy Vance chalks up his 12th straight win, and 24th on the year, beating the Braves, 4–1. it's also the Robins' 12th straight win. Dutch Ruether then wins the nitecap, 9–1, giving Brooklyn a National League-record four doubleheader sweeps in four days. The Phils were swept for six straight on September 1, 2, and 3. » December 17, 1924: The Senators add another veteran pitcher to its staff by purchasing Dutch Ruether from Brooklyn. Ruether will go 30–13 for his year and a half in Washington. » September 19, 1925: In the 2nd game of a twinbill, the White Sox take a 15–0 lead against Washington after five innings, but Chicago P Ted Lyons will have to pitch to 18 different batters as Senators manager Bucky Harris juggles his lineup and sends in pinch hitters. With a no-hitter going, Lyons continues to bear down. Finally, with two out in the 9th, Washington's Bobby Veach gets a base hit to break the no-hitter. The final is 17-0 for Lyons with Tom Zachary taking the loss. Washington outfielder Sam Rice's streak of nine hits in a row is stopped, but he will end the season with 182 singles, an American League record until 1980. Washington takes the opener, 3–2, behind Dutch Ruether. » August 27, 1926: Veteran P Dutch Ruether is picked up from Washington by the Yankees. » September 19, 1926: At Cleveland's League Park, a crowd of 31,000 watch the Yankees hold back the Indians, 8–3, in the final of a six game series. In the 7th, Ruth parks his 43rd homer of the year and Lou Gehrig follows with another home run, both off Emil Levsen. Gehrig adds three doubles and five RBIs to lead the Yankee charge. Dutch Ruether picks up the New York win. » October 5, 1926: Jesse Haines (13–4) stifles the Yanks on five hits while the Cards kayo Dutch Ruether (14-9 on the year, 2-5 for the Yanks) in the 5th. Haines helps his own side with a 2-run home run in the 4th. The 4–0 St. Louis win gives them the Series lead. » May 16, 1927: Yankee OF Bob Meusel swipes 2B, 3B, and home in the 3rd inning as New York tops Detroit, 6–2. Lou Gehrig contributes a homer and two doubles to back Dutch Ruether's pitching. » May 29, 1927: In a loosely played game at Yankee Stadium, the Yanks swamp the Red Sox, 15–7, scoring seven runs in the 8th inning. Babe Ruth propels his 13th homer, off Danny MacFayden, while Johnny Grabowski is 4-for-4 with a walk. Dutch Ruether is ineffective, serving up gopher balls to Bosox Grover Hartley in the 2nd and Fred Haney in the 3rd. The Sox give it back in the 4th with three walks, two errors, a single by Bob Meusel and a double by Mark Koenig, to make four runs. Ted Wingfield, pitching 2/3 of the 4th, takes the loss. » June 23, 1927: At Boston, Lou Gehrig leads New York to an 11–4 victory by hitting three home runs, a first at Fenway Park. Gehrig hits a two run homer in the 2nd, and solo shots in the 6th and 8th, off Danny MacFayden. He adds a single to his total as Dutch Ruether coasts to the win. » November 28, 1927: The Yanks release P Bob Shawkey and P Dutch Ruether.