Jimmy Ring Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 73 Weight: 170 Born: 2 15, 1895 in Brooklyn, NY USA Died: 7 6 1965 in Breezy Point, NY USA Debut: 4/13/1917 Last Game: 9/26/1928 Full Name: James Joseph Ring Pitcher Jimmy Ring debuted with the Reds in 1917. Pitching mostly in relief, he went 3-7 with…
1926 – National League MVP Bob O’Farrell is named to replace Rogers Hornsby as the St. Louis Cardinals manager. The job was reportedly first offered to Bill Killefer who, out of loyalty to Hornsby turned it down, and quit. Killefer will sign on as a coach of the St. Louis Browns.
1926 – The World Champion Cardinals trade Rogers Hornsby to the Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring. The trade gets complicated when the “Rajah” refuses to sell his 1,167 shares of the team stock back to the Redbirds at the asking price.
1926 – 17-year-old Mel Ott makes his first major league appearance with the New York Giants pinch-hitting for Jimmy Ring. Ott strikes out as the Giants win, 9 – 8, over the Phillies. He won’t play regularly until 1927.
1925 – In a trade of pitchers, the New York Giants send Jack Bentley and Wayland Dean to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jimmy Ring. Bentley will return to the Giants before the end of next season.
At Philadelphia‚ Lee Meadows wins a pitching duel‚ 1 – 0, over Jimmy Ring, by hitting an 8th-inning homer over the LF wall. At 1 hour and 12 minutes‚ it is one of the fastest games of the year.
1921 – The Cincinnati Reds trade P Jimmy Ring and OF Greasy Neale to the Philadelphia Phillies for lefty Eppa Rixey, who led the National League with 22 losses in 1920. Rixey will continue to pitch his way into the Hall of Fame over the next 13 years. Neale is also a future Hall of Famer – for football. He will play just 22 games in Philly before returning to the Reds.