The other two players are Yankee pitching legends Red Ruffing (231) and Whitey Ford (236). In the opener, starters Red Ruffing and Paul Derringer pitched complete games. The Yankees dedicated a plaque to Ruffing in Monument Park in 2004. Normally, ruffing will win a trick. Charles Herbert Ruffing was born on May 3, 1905, in Granville, Illinois. Ruffing retired after the 1947 season. This did not faze Ruffing, who whiffed the next three batters to end the inning. Ruffing won 20 games during the 1936 season. Ruffing married Pauline Mulholland, a native of Chicago, at the end of the 1934 season. Ruffing won 21 games during the 1939 season. Ruffing served as Heffner's pitching coach. Ruffing won 18 games during the 1932 season. The Army decided that Ruffing could serve in a non-combat role. Ruffing led the Yankees' pitchers with 20 wins. Ruffing had 190 strikeouts, which led the AL.