Editing Red Ruffing (section)

====Chicago White Sox (1947)====
Suffering from recurrent knee injuries, the Yankees released Ruffing after the 1946 season. He signed with the [[Chicago White Sox]] for the 1947&nbsp;season,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1946-12-06 |title=White Sox Sign Red Ruffing; Send Platt to Toledo Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-white-sox-sign-red-ruffi/165870887/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]] |page=39 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> but continued to be limited by his knee. In May, the White Sox removed Ruffing from their active roster after he was hit in his bad knee with another line drive.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1947-05-09 |title='Red' Ruffing Dropped From List Of Active Players By White Sox |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-red-ruffing-dropped-f/165871112/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=[[The Hartford Courant]] |page=19 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=United Press}}</ref> He rejoined the White Sox' active roster in July.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 12, 1947 |title=Red Ruffing Rejoins Chisox Active List |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/516008979 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130110/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/doc/516008979.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul%2012,%201947&author=&pub=Christian%20Science%20Monitor&edition=&startpage=&desc=Red%20Ruffing%20Rejoins%20Chisox%20Active%20List |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=September 7, 2013 |newspaper=Christian Science Monitor |page=14 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> He pitched to a 3–5 win–loss record and a 6.11 ERA in nine games pitched on the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1947.shtml |title=1947 Chicago White Sox Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=September 7, 2013 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308122452/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1947.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Ruffing retired after the 1947 season.<ref name=reminisces/>