Vern Ruhle
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Vernon Gerald Ruhle
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 1", Weight 187 lb.
- School Olivet College
- Debut September 9, 1974
- Final Game October 4, 1986
- Born January 25, 1951 in Coleman, MI USA
- Died January 20, 2007 in Houston, TX USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Vern Ruhle has served as pitching coach for the Houston Astros (1997-2000), Philadelphia Phillies (2001-2002), New York Mets (2003), the Billings Mustangs (2004) and Cincinnati Reds (2005). He was also an assistant coach at California State University, Fullerton (1990) and the University of Oklahoma (1991-1995). He was diagnosed with cancer (multiple myeloma) during Spring Training in 2006 and took a leave of absence from the Reds. Cancer took his life less than a year later.
