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Batting average
  
.077

Role
  
Baseball player

Name
  
Rudy Rufer

Hits
  
2

At bats
  
26


Died
  
October 25, 2010, Lynbrook, New York, United States

Education
  
Dartmouth College, University of Oklahoma

Rudolf Joseph Rufer (October 28, 1926 – October 25, 2010) was a professional baseball player. He played in 26 games in Major League Baseball between the 1949 and 1950 seasons for the New York Giants, primarily as a shortstop.

Rufer spent two years of his four-year college baseball career playing at Dartmouth College and the other two at the University of Oklahoma. He also played for the minor league Wilmington Blue Rocks, for whom he still holds many team records.

Rufer resided in Malverne, New York, and was father to seven children. For twenty five years he was a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

References

Rudy Rufer Wikipedia