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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

58.4

193

143

ERA

2.16

407

340

2961.1

2316

WHIP

1.102

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-17 / in Starts: 22-16

Days of Rest

1903 Pitching Game Log

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1903 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	106	1	Apr 20(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	L(0-1)	99	8.0	10	9	5	2	9	0	1	5.63	1.63	38	41				32	2	0
2	107	3	Apr 22	PHA		BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(1-1)	1	9.0	4	1	0	1	10	0	0	2.65	1.22	34	86				33	0	0
3	108	6	Apr 25	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	CG	L(1-2)	2	9.0	11	4	4	2	11	0	0	3.12	1.14	39	58				37	4	1
4	109	8	Apr 28	PHA		NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(2-2)	2	9.0	5	3	3	5	7	0	0	3.09	1.58	32	67				27	1	0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	110	17	May 8	PHA		WSH	W,5-3	CG	W(3-2)	9	9.0	8	3	2	0	9	0	0	2.86	1.41	33	70				33	1	2
6	111	19	May 11	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(4-2)	2	11.0	10	2	1	2	13	0	0	2.45	1.32	44	82				41	0	1
7	112	22	May 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-9	GS-	L(4-3)	2	2.0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2.37	1.38		44				9
8	113	23	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(5-3)	0	9.0	7	2	2	2	13	1	0	2.32	1.47	36	76				33	0	0
9	114	26	May 19	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	9	4	4	1	4	0	0	2.52	1.55	36	56				35	2	0
10	115	29	May 23	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.46	1.65	36	70				33	1	0
11	116	31	May 26	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(8-3)	2	9.0	6	2	2	0	8	0	1	2.42	1.61	35	75				33	2	1
12	117	35	May 30(2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	10	3	3	2	11	0	0	2.47	1.56	38	64				35	1	1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	118	36	Jun 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-3)	1	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	1	2.27	1.63	31	87				28	1	0
14	119	39	Jun 4	PHA		DET	L,4-6			2	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.33	1.65						5
15	120	40	Jun 5	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(11-3)	0	9.0	10	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.38	1.68	39	59				36	2	0
16	121	43	Jun 9	PHA		CHW	W,7-1	CG	W(12-3)	3	9.0	4	1	0	3	7	0	0	2.22	1.71	33	81				30	2	0
17	122	45	Jun 12	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(13-3)	2	14.0	6	1	0	2	14	0	1	2.00	1.68	51	110				45	1	0
18	123	48	Jun 16	PHA		SLB	W,9-3	CG	W(14-3)	3	9.0	7	3	2	0	4	0	0	2.00	1.69	33	67				33	0	1
19	124	50	Jun 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(14-4)	2	8.1	12	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.01	1.83	37	52				33	2	0
20	125	54	Jun 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	L(14-5)	4	8.0	8	4	3	1	6	0	0	2.07	1.82	33	57				30	2	1
21	126	57	Jun 27	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	L(14-6)	2	8.0	8	2	2	1	8	0	1	2.08	1.81	34	65				31	1	0
22	127	60	Jun 30	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	L(14-7)	2	8.2	8	4	3	2	4	0	0	2.13	1.84	37	56				34	2	0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
23	128	64	Jul 4(2)	PHA		DET	L,0-5	CG	L(14-8)	3	9.0	11	5	4	2	9	0	0	2.22	1.82	37	54				33	5	0
24	129	65	Jul 6	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	W(15-8)	1	9.0	9	5	5	8	6	0	0	2.34	1.92	42	47				34	3	0
25	130	70	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	L,3-10	GS-	L(15-9)	4	5.0	9	6	4	2	7	1	0	2.45	1.96		34				24
26	131	71	Jul 14	PHA		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(16-9)	2	9.0	7	0	0	4	14	0	1	2.35	1.94	38	83				33	1	1
27	132	75	Jul 17	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(17-9)	2	9.0	5	1	1	3	12	0	0	2.30	1.90	33	82				29	0	0
28	133	80	Jul 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	W(18-9)	5	9.0	6	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.33	1.92	36	66				33	1	2
29	134	82	Jul 25	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	L(18-10)	1	8.0	6	2	2	2	9	0	1	2.32	1.91	33	69				28	0	1
30	135	83	Jul 27	PHA		WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(19-10)	1	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.24	1.91	33	82				32	3	0
31	136	87	Jul 30(2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	GS-		2	6.0	9	5	5	1	4	0	0	2.36	1.91		37				27
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
32	137	89	Aug 1	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(19-11)	1	8.0	4	3	3	6	13	0	0	2.39	1.90	33	69				25	0	0
33	138	91	Aug 5	PHA		BOS	L,0-3	CG	L(19-12)	3	9.0	4	3	1	5	11	0	0	2.35	1.91	37	77				31	1	0
34	139	96	Aug 11	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	L(19-13)	5	8.0	10	5	5	2	6	0	1	2.44	1.92	36	46				32	0	1
35	140	98	Aug 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS-	L(19-14)	2	6.0	8	5	5	1	6	0	0	2.54	1.90		41				26
36	141	101	Aug 16(2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	L(19-15)	1	8.0	4	2	1	2	7	0	0	2.51	1.90	27	73				25	2	0
37	142	103	Aug 18	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(20-15)	1	9.0	10	3	3	3	12	0	0	2.52	1.88	40	64				34	2	0
38	143	106	Aug 21(1)	PHA	@	DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(21-15)	2	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.45	1.87	32	86				30	1	0
39	144	107	Aug 21(2)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	L(21-16)	-1	8.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.44	1.87	36	63				34	1	0
							22-17		W-L:21-16	2.2	324.0	274	109	88	85	302	3	8	2.44	1.87	1222	66				1196	47	13

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