Editing Red Ruffing (section)

==Honors==
In balloting for the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]] following his retirement, Ruffing often received votes from approximately 50% of the voters in the [[Baseball Writers' Association of America]], short of the 75% required for induction. [[Bob Feller]] wrote an article in ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' in 1962, calling Ruffing, [[Satchel Paige]], and [[Luke Appling]] the three most deserving players who had yet to be elected.<ref name=sabr/> The [[1967 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1967 balloting]] was Ruffing's final year of eligibility, as he had retired 20 years prior. Ruffing finished with 212 votes, tied with [[Joe Medwick]] for the highest vote count, but was still seven votes short of the 219 required for induction.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HapVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5298,5611253&dq=red-ruffing&hl=en|title=Hall of Fame Rejects Red Ruffing, Medwick|agency=Associated Press|page=1C|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=January 26, 1967|access-date=September 6, 2013}}</ref> However, a runoff election held the next month saw Ruffing elected to the Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NyUxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6845,3799809&hl=en|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|title=Recovering a Hall of Fame Fumble|first=Arthur|last=Daley|date=February 17, 1967|location=St. Petersburg, Florida|page=2–C|access-date=August 7, 2012|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107225021/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NyUxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6845%2C3799809&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

During an [[Old-Timers' Day]] ceremony held on July 10, 2004, at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]], the Yankees dedicated a plaque in Ruffing's memory. The plaque is displayed in [[Monument Park (Yankee Stadium)|Monument Park]].<ref name=plaque>{{cite news|first=David |last=Moses |work=MLB.com |url=http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20040710&content_id=794774&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy |title=Ruffing finally gets his plaque |date=July 10, 2004 |access-date=August 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403010041/http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20040710&content_id=794774&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy |archive-date=April 3, 2012 }}</ref> [[ESPN.com]] ranked Ruffing as the ninth greatest Yankee of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/newyork/photos/gallery/_/id/6221106/image/43/9-red-ruffing-espn-ny-50-greatest-yankees |title=9. Red Ruffing&nbsp;– ESPN NY&nbsp;– 50 Greatest Yankees&nbsp;– ESPN |work=ESPN.com |date=July 18, 1999 |access-date=September 7, 2013 |archive-date=July 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713180816/http://espn.go.com/newyork/photos/gallery/_/id/6221106/image/43/9-red-ruffing-espn-ny-50-greatest-yankees |url-status=live }}</ref>

A museum in Nokomis, Illinois, the Bottomley-Ruffing-Schalk Museum, is dedicated to Ruffing and fellow Hall of Famers [[Ray Schalk]] and [[Jim Bottomley]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kane |first=Dave |url=http://www.galesburg.com/news/news_state/x576544733/Towns-baseball-ties-on-display-at-museum |title=Town's baseball ties on display at museum |location=Galesburg, Illinois |work=[[The Register-Mail]] |date=October 8, 2009 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123141914/http://www.galesburg.com/news/news_state/x576544733/Towns-baseball-ties-on-display-at-museum |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In 2013, the [[Bob Feller Act of Valor Award]] honored Ruffing as one of 37 Baseball Hall of Fame members for his service in the United States Army Air Force during World War II.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://actofvaloraward.org/hof-players/ |title=WWII HOF Players – Act of Valor Award<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008204152/https://actofvaloraward.org/hof-players/ |url-status=live }}</ref>