Editing Red Ruffing (section)

==Coaching career==
After he retired from pitching, Ruffing stayed with the White Sox organization to instruct their players. The White Sox named Ruffing the manager of their Class A minor league affiliate, the [[Muskegon Clippers]] of the [[Central League (baseball)|Central League]], for the 1949 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6S5PAAAAIBAJ&pg=4329,5438169&dq=red-ruffing&hl=en|title=Red Ruffing Will Pilot Muskegon|agency=International News Service|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|page=19|date=December 2, 1948|access-date=September 8, 2013|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107225019/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6S5PAAAAIBAJ&pg=4329%2C5438169&dq=red-ruffing&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> That season, the Clippers finished in fifth place out of six teams.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dave |last=LeMieux |work=Muskegon Chronicle |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/04/lookback_april_9.html |title=Lookback: Muskegon's own baseball Golden Age |publisher=MLive.com |date=April 9, 2012 |access-date=September 7, 2013 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305143248/http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/04/lookback_april_9.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1950, Ruffing managed the [[Daytona Beach Islanders]] of the [[Florida State League]], a [[Cleveland Indians]]' affiliate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NHQoAAAAIBAJ&pg=5204,4791284&dq=red-ruffing+daytona-beach&hl=en|title=Ruffing? Yes, Indeed!|first=Fred|last=Langworthy|newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|page=8|date=February 23, 1950|access-date=September 8, 2013|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107225019/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NHQoAAAAIBAJ&pg=5204%2C4791284&dq=red-ruffing+daytona-beach&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=appointed/>

When [[Al Simmons]] retired from his coaching position with the Indians just before the 1951 season due to his failing health, bullpen coach [[Jake Flowers]] was moved to the third base coaching position, and Ruffing took over Flowers's duties.<ref name="appointed">{{Cite news |date=1951-04-06 |title=Red Ruffing Appointed By Greenberg To Replace Simmons As Tribe Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-red-ruffing-appointed-b/165871372/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=Hartford Courant |page=19 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1951-04-05 |title=Red Ruffing Named to Simmons' Berth as Cleveland Coach |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/title/hneusynynmrywzorkhdufwcwbzjbhkjw_ip-10-166-46-107_1739759938872 |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=Milwaukee Journal |page=90 |via=[[GenealogyBank.com]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>  From 1952 through 1961, Ruffing was a player personnel executive for the Indians. Ruffing returned to the baseball field serving as pitching coach for the expansion [[New York Mets]] in 1962,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cjJaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2935,3833858&dq=red-ruffing+mets&hl=en|title=Ruffing, Mets' Pitching Coach, Faces Big Task|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=St. Joseph's Gazette|page=8|date=March 13, 1962|access-date=September 8, 2013|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107225020/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cjJaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2935%2C3833858&dq=red-ruffing+mets&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> which were run by [[George Weiss (baseball)|George Weiss]], the general manager, and [[Casey Stengel]], the manager. Weiss and Stengel had held the same positions with the Yankees during Ruffing's tenure.<ref name=sabr/> As a team, the Mets had a 5.04 ERA across the 1962 season, which was the worst in the major leagues. The job also involved scouting duties, which Ruffing did not like, and he retired shortly after the season ended.<ref name=sabr/>  He returned to baseball again for the 1969 season, at the request of former teammate [[Don Heffner]], who was managing the [[Denver Bears]] of the [[American Association (20th century)|American Association]]. Ruffing served as Heffner's pitching coach.<ref name=rookie/>