Vern Ruhle

Vernon Gerald Ruhle

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 187 lb.
• School Olivet College
• High School Coleman (MI) High School
• 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

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Biographical Information

Vern Ruhle 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. The cancer took his life less than a year later.