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Posted By: walter ruether III

Hello Im the grandson of Former MLB veteran pitcher Dutch ruether, My grandfather pitched on 4 pennant winning teams, He beat eddie cicotte in the first game of the 1919 world series, in fact He's the only pitcher to hit two triples in a world sereis game, you wont really see that in the books cause that was the infamous Black sox sereis. He also pitched for the Brooklyn dodgers & set the record for the longest national league opener in 1923 Dutch went the whole 14 innings as the game was called a 5-5 tie due to darkness. Dutch also pitched for the 1925 washington senators before being traded to the yankees where he finished his career going 13-6 for the infamous 1927 yanks. Dutch went on to play in the coast league untill 1933, then he managed for awhile before finishing his baseball career as a scout for the Giants in 1970. Id love to help you with your book, just email me anytime.