Rube Waddell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: October 13, 1876 in Bradford, PA us

Died: April 1, 1914 in San Antonio, TX

Buried: Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, TX

Schools: Rollins College (Winter Park, FL), Volant College (Volant, PA)

Debut: September 8, 1897 (Age 20-330d, 2,028th in major league history)

Last Game: August 1, 1910 (Age 33-292d)
vs. WSH 8.0 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, W

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1946. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
View Rube Waddell's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1899 season

Full Name: George Edward Waddell

Nicknames: Rube

Pronunciation: \wa-DELL\

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Hall of Fame
Triple Crown
2x ERA Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

58.4

193

143

ERA

2.16

407

340

2961.1

2316

WHIP

1.102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	GF	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	1
2	5 (2)	Apr 21	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	8 (2)	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-6	GF	0	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (3)	May 1	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	15 (2)	May 4	PHA		WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
6	18 (2)	May 8	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	6	1	7	1
7	23 (4)	May 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
8	26 (2)	May 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	29 (2)	May 25	PHA	@	DET	W,9-7	GS	0	8.1	0	4	1	5	0
10	32 (2)	May 29	PHA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	36 (3)	Jun 2	PHA		WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
12	39 (2)	Jun 6	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	42 (2)	Jun 9	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	14.0	0	5	2	7	0
14	44 (1)	Jun 13	PHA		DET	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	47 (2)	Jun 16	PHA		SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	50 (2)	Jun 20	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	53 (2)	Jun 23	PHA		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	55 (1)	Jun 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
19	57 (1)	Jun 30	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	59 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	61 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	62	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	20.0	0	5	1	6	0
23	65 (2)	Jul 7	PHA		BOS	W,2-1	GS	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	70 (4)	Jul 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	73 (2)	Jul 17	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	75 (1)	Jul 19	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	78 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	2	3	0
28	81 (2)	Jul 25	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	84 (2)	Jul 29	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	87 (2)	Aug 2	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	91 (3)	Aug 5	PHA		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	94 (2)	Aug 11	PHA		CLE	W,7-6	GS	0	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
33	97 (2)	Aug 15	PHA		SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	5.0	0	3	1	4	0
34	100 (2)	Aug 18	PHA	@	SLB	T,3-3	GF	0	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
35	103 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-6	GS	0	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
36	105 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	108 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	111 (2)	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
39	112	Aug 29 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	115 (2)	Aug 31	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	117 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,5-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	118	Sep 5	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	12.1	0	3	0	3	0
43	121 (2)	Sep 8	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	141 (19)	Sep 27	PHA		DET	L,7-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	150 (8)	Oct 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-10	GF	0	6.0	0	0	2	2	0
46	151	Oct 7 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							46gm		329.0	13	89	15	117	3