Facts: - finalteam: cincinnati reds - finalyear: 1913 - death place: pasadena , california - statlabel: win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts - position: pitcher - statvalue: 24 -- 24 3.79 208 - throws: right - debutteam: detroit tigers - bats: left - debutdate: may 1 - death date: 8 august 1941 - birth date: 16 march 1888 - finaldate: april 28 - name: ralph works - image: ralphworks.jpg - birth place: payson , illinois - debutyear: 1909 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ralph works .
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ralph talmadge works -lrb- march 16 , 1888 -- august 8 , 1941 -rrb- , nicknamed '' judge , '' was an american professional baseball pitcher .he played all or part of five seasons in major league baseball with the detroit tigers -lrb- 1909 -- 12 -rrb- and cincinnati reds -lrb- 1912 -- 13 -rrb- .born in payson , illinois , works was called '' judge '' by teammates for his scholarly countenance .works had career record of 24-24 with a 3.79 era .his best season was 1911 when he went 11-5 in 30 games for the tigers .he ranked fifth in the american league in winning percentage -lrb- .688 -rrb- in 1911 , seventh in shutouts with three and eighth in games finished with 10 .works died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in pasadena , california in 1941 at age 53 , with his wife in an apparent double suicide .he is buried in altadena 's mountain view cemetery .