Chico Ruiz
Cuban baseball player
Died when: 33 years 66 days (398 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Hiraldo "Chico" Ruiz Sablón (December 5, 1938 – February 9, 1972) was a Cuban-American professional baseball player.An infielder, Ruiz played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and California Angels from 1964 through 1971.
He was the only major-league player ever to pinch-hit for Johnny Bench.He is, however, best remembered for a play he made his rookie season.
His steal of home against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 21, 1964 has entered baseball folklore.Viewed by most over the years as "mad" or "zany," the play received a revisionist defense that put it in perspective as a daring and worthwhile gamble.
It is often viewed as the turning point of the Phillies late season standings collapse in 1964.
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