Ed Reulbach

Q: When was Ed Reulbach born?

Ed Reulbach was born on December 1, 1882.

Q: Where was Ed Reulbach born?

Ed Reulbach was born in Detroit, MI .

Q: How tall was Ed Reulbach?

Ed Reulbach was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Ed Reulbach weigh when playing?

Ed Reulbach weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Ed Reulbach in the Hall of Fame?

Ed Reulbach has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Ed Reulbach have?

Ed Reulbach had 1,137 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Ed Reulbach played for?

Ed Reulbach played for 4 teams; the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Newark Pepper and Boston Braves.

Q: How many World Series has Ed Reulbach won?

Ed Reulbach won 2 World Series.

Q: When did Ed Reulbach retire?

Ed Reulbach last played in 1917.

Q: What are Ed Reulbach's nicknames?

Big Ed is a nickname for Ed Reulbach.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: December 1, 1882 in Detroit, MI us

Died: July 17, 1961 in Glens Falls, NY

Buried: Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair, NJ

High School: Manual Training HS (St. Louis, MO)

Schools: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN), University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)

Debut: May 16, 1905 (Age 22-166d, 2,722nd in major league history)
vs. NYG 8.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, L

Last Game: July 13, 1917 (Age 34-224d)
vs. STL 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1905 season

Full Name: Edward Marvin Reulbach

Nicknames: Big Ed

Pronunciation: \ROYLE-bock\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.6

182

106

ERA

2.28

399

300

2632.1

1137

WHIP

1.143

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1905	22	CHC	NL	18	14	.563	1.42	34	29	5	28	5	1	291.2	208	71	46	1	73	152	18	1	5	1124	209	2.46	0.963	6.4	0.0	2.3	4.7	2.08
1906	23	CHC	NL	19	4	*.826*	1.65	33	24	9	20	6	3	218.0	129	51	40	2	92	94	13	1	3	842	159	3.07	1.014	*5.3*	0.1	3.8	3.9	1.02
1907	24	CHC	NL	17	4	.810	1.69	27	22	5	16	4	0	192.0	147	48	36	1	64	96	9	0	2	749	146	2.39	1.099	6.9	0.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
1908	25	CHC	NL	24	7	*.774*	2.03	46	35	10	25	7	1	297.2	227	81	67	4	106	133	12	1	5	1194	116	2.57	1.119	6.9	0.1	3.2	4.0	1.25
1909	26	CHC	NL	19	10	.655	1.78	35	32	3	23	6	0	262.2	194	69	52	1	82	105	11	0	4	1008	143	2.53	1.051	6.6	0.0	2.8	3.6	1.28
1910	27	CHC	NL	12	8	.600	3.12	24	23	0	13	1	0	173.1	161	76	60	1	49	55	9	1	4	703	92	2.76	1.212	8.4	0.1	2.5	2.9	1.12
1911	28	CHC	NL	16	9	.640	2.96	33	29	4	15	2	0	221.2	191	97	73	3	103	79	4	0	4	916	111	3.68	1.326	7.8	0.1	4.2	3.2	0.77
1912	29	CHC	NL	10	6	.625	3.78	39	19	14	8	0	4	169.0	161	86	71	7	60	75	8	0	1	708	87	3.71	1.308	8.6	0.4	3.2	4.0	1.25
1913	30	TOT	NL	8	9	.471	2.66	25	15	6	9	2	0	148.2	118	61	44	4	55	56	5	0	3	610	122	3.36	1.164	7.1	0.2	3.3	3.4	1.02
1913	30	CHC	NL	1	3	.250	4.42	10	3	4	1	0	0	38.2	41	27	19	1	21	10	1	0	1	174	72	4.08	1.603	9.5	0.2	4.9	2.3	0.48
1913	30	BRO	NL	7	6	.538	2.05	15	12	2	8	2	0	110.0	77	34	25	3	34	46	4	0	2	436	160	3.11	1.009	6.3	0.2	2.8	3.8	1.35
1914	31	BRO	NL	11	18	.379	2.64	44	29	12	14	3	3	256.0	228	108	75	5	83	119	10	1	6	1066	108	2.85	1.215	8.0	0.2	2.9	4.2	1.43
1915	32	NEW	FL	21	10	.677	2.23	33	30	3	23	4	1	270.0	233	88	67	3	69	117	3	2	8	1061	129	2.49	1.119	7.8	0.1	2.3	3.9	1.70
1916	33	BSN	NL	7	6	.538	2.47	21	11	7	6	0	0	109.1	99	38	30	1	41	47	4	1	4	450	100	2.81	1.280	8.1	0.1	3.4	3.9	1.15
1917	34	BSN	NL	0	1	.000	2.82	5	2	2	0	0	0	22.1	21	13	7	0	15	9	1	0	0	103	93	3.61	1.612	8.5	0.0	6.0	3.6	0.60
13 Yrs				182	106	.632	2.28	399	300	80	200	40	13	2632.1	2117	887	668	33	892	1137	107	8	49	10534	123	2.84	1.143	7.2	0.1	3.0	3.9	1.27
162 Game Avg.				18	10	.632	2.28	39	29	8	19	4	1	256	206	86	65	3	87	111	10	1	5	1025	123	2.84	1.143	7.2	0.1	3.0	3.9	1.27

CHC (9 yrs)				136	65	.677	2.24	281	216	54	149	31	9	1864.2	1459	606	464	21	650	799	85	4	29	7418	124	2.87	1.131	7.0	0.1	3.1	3.9	1.23
BSN (2 yrs)				7	7	.500	2.53	26	13	9	6	0	0	131.2	120	51	37	1	56	56	5	1	4	553	99	2.94	1.337	8.2	0.1	3.8	3.8	1.00
BRO (2 yrs)				18	24	.429	2.46	59	41	14	22	5	3	366.0	305	142	100	8	117	165	14	1	8	1502	121	2.93	1.153	7.5	0.2	2.9	4.1	1.41
NEW (1 yr)				21	10	.677	2.23	33	30	3	23	4	1	270.0	233	88	67	3	69	117	3	2	8	1061	129	2.49	1.119	7.8	0.1	2.3	3.9	1.70

NL (12 yrs)				161	96	.626	2.29	366	270	77	177	36	12	2362.1	1884	799	601	30	823	1020	104	6	41	9473	122	2.88	1.146	7.2	0.1	3.1	3.9	1.24
FL (1 yr)				21	10	.677	2.23	33	30	3	23	4	1	270.0	233	88	67	3	69	117	3	2	8	1061	129	2.49	1.119	7.8	0.1	2.3	3.9	1.70

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1905	22	CHC	NL	-0.9	35	113	110	6	14	0	0	0	7	0		1	31	.127	.135	.127	.262	-23	.118	-39	14	0	2	1/H
1906	23	CHC	NL	-0.5	34	91	83	4	13	0	0	0	4	0		2	25	.157	.176	.157	.333	1	.157	-23	13	0	6	1/9H
1907	24	CHC	NL	-0.1	27	70	63	4	11	1	0	1	3	0		1	13	.175	.188	.238	.426	30	.207	10	15	0	4	1
1908	25	CHC	NL	0.7	46	115	99	10	23	6	2	0	9	1		6	32	.232	.276	.333	.610	90	.284	77	33	0	9	1
1909	26	CHC	NL	-0.2	35	98	86	3	12	2	1	0	7	0		5	32	.140	.187	.186	.373	14	.174	-8	16	0	7	1
1910	27	CHC	NL	-0.5	24	66	56	4	6	0	0	0	2	1		3	20	.107	.167	.107	.274	-19	.131	-46	6	1	6	1
1911	28	CHC	NL	-0.2	33	88	67	6	6	3	0	0	3	0		13	32	.090	.238	.134	.372	5	.191	-10	9	0	7	1
1912	29	CHC	NL	-0.4	39	60	55	3	6	2	0	0	5	0		4	23	.109	.169	.145	.315	-13	.145	-28	8	0	1	1
1913	30	2TM	NL	0.0	25	52	41	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	15	.146	.286	.146	.432	25	.226	21	6	0	3	1
1913	30	CHC	NL	0.0	10	12	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.250	.500	43	.221	24	3	0	0	1
1913	30	BRO	NL	0.0	15	40	29	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	10	.103	.297	.103	.401	16	.228	21	3	0	3	1
1914	31	BRO	NL	-0.1	44	88	74	3	9	1	1	0	6	1		11	28	.122	.235	.162	.397	18	.195	8	12	0	3	1
1915	32	NEW	FL	-0.1	33	102	92	3	18	1	1	0	5	0		2	37	.196	.213	.228	.441	32	.198	8	21	0	8	1
1916	33	BSN	NL	-0.2	21	36	33	3	3	0	1	0	1	0		0	14	.091	.118	.152	.269	-16	.116	-39	5	1	2	1
1917	34	BSN	NL	0.1	5	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	.000	.500	.000	.500	63	.346	127	0	0	0	/1
13 Yrs				-2.5	401	985	862	52	127	16	6	1	53	3	0	59	304	.147	.204	.183	.387	15	.183	-3	158	2	58	1/H9
162 Game Avg				-1.0	162	398	348	21	51	6	2	0	21	1		24	123	.147	.204	.183	.387	15	.183	-3	64	1	23

CHC (9 Yrs)				-2.2	283	713	631	41	94	14	3	1	40	2	0	35	213	.149	.195	.185	.380	13	.179	-7	117	1	42	1/H9
BRO (2 Yrs)				0.0	59	128	103	4	12	1	1	0	7	1	0	19	38	.117	.254	.146	.400	18	.205	12	15	0	6	1
BSN (2 Yrs)				-0.1	26	42	36	4	3	0	1	0	1	0		3	16	.083	.175	.139	.314	-1	.151	-13	5	1	2	1
NEW (1 Yr)				-0.1	33	102	92	3	18	1	1	0	5	0		2	37	.196	.213	.228	.441	32	.198	8	21	0	8	1

NL (12 Yrs)				-2.4	368	883	770	49	109	15	5	1	48	3	0	57	267	.142	.203	.178	.381	13	.182	-5	137	2	50	1/H9
FL (1 Yr)				-0.1	33	102	92	3	18	1	1	0	5	0		2	37	.196	.213	.228	.441	32	.198	8	21	0	8	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos
1906	23	CHC	WS	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	/1
1907	24	CHC	WS	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	/1
1908	25	CHC	WS	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	/1

1910	27	CHC	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0		/1
4 Yrs				7	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	2	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	301	255	0	23	0	0	0	46	0	0	46	.091	.091	.091	.182	23	0	46

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1905	22	CHC	NL	P	34	29	28	292.0	89	14	71	4	4	.955	.943	2.62	2.97	2.50	2.93	5
1906	23	CHC	NL	P	33	24	20	218.0	94	17	74	3	3	.968	.948	3.76	3.05	2.76	2.99	3
1906	23	CHC	NL	OF	1	0	0	10.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	.960	1.80	1.89	2.00	1.90
1906	23	CHC	NL	RF	1	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	1.000	.955			2.00	1.60
1907	24	CHC	NL	P	27	22	16	192.0	71	13	53	5	3	.930	.950	3.09	2.97	2.44	2.89	2
1908	25	CHC	NL	P	46	35	25	298.0	99	15	77	7	7	.929	.953	2.78	2.99	2.00	2.98	5
1909	26	CHC	NL	P	35	32	23	263.0	111	15	91	5	4	.955	.940	3.63	2.84	3.03	2.84	4
1910	27	CHC	NL	P	24	23	13	173.0	62	6	53	3	1	.952	.945	3.07	2.82	2.46	2.80	4
1911	28	CHC	NL	P	33	29	15	222.0	87	5	77	5	2	.943	.943	3.32	2.77	2.48	2.74	4
1912	29	CHC	NL	P	39	19	8	169.0	71	8	60	3	4	.958	.948	3.62	2.54	1.74	2.52	1	22	19	46.3	42.4	2
1913	30	2TM	NL	P	25	15	9	149.0	48	9	35	4	1	.917	.955	2.66	2.61	1.76	2.60	3	18	15	45.5		0
1913	30	CHC	NL	P	10	3	1	39.0	15	1	12	2	0	.867	.955	3.00	2.61	1.30	2.60	1	7	4	36.4		0
1913	30	BRO	NL	P	15	12	8	110.0	33	8	23	2	1	.939	.955	2.54	2.61	2.07	2.60	2	11	11	50.0		0
1914	31	BRO	NL	P	44	29	14	256.0	88	11	71	6	2	.932	.943	2.88	2.68	1.86	2.66	6	39	27	40.9	47.6	7
1915	32	NEW	FL	P	33	30	23	270.0	108	11	90	7	2	.935	.956	3.37	3.08	3.06	3.05	8
1916	33	BSN	NL	P	21	11	6	109.0	62	11	50	1	3	.984	.959	5.04	2.67	2.90	2.67	4	5	5	50.0		8
1917	34	BSN	NL	P	5	2	0	22.0	14	1	12	1	1	.929	.961	5.32	2.86	2.60	2.86	0	4	2	33.3	44.8	0
13 Yrs					400	300	200	2643.0	1006	137	815	54	37	.946	.948	3.24	2.86	2.38	2.81	49	88	68	43.6	33.0	17

P (13 Yrs)				P	399	300	200	2633.0	1004	136	814	54	37	.946	.948	3.25	2.86	2.38	2.81	49	88	68	43.6	33.0	17
OF (1 Yr)				OF	1	0	0	10.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	.960	1.80	1.89	2.00	1.90
RF (1 Yr)				RF	1	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	1.000	.955			2.00	1.60

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1906	23	CHC	WS	P	2	2	11.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	3.27	2.00	0	1	100.0
1907	24	CHC	WS	P	2	1	12.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	3.00	2.00	0	0
1908	25	CHC	WS	P	2	1	7.2	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	5.87	2.50	3	1	25.0

1910	27	CHC	WS	P	1	1	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50	1.00	0	1	100.0
4 Yrs					7	5	32.2	14	1	13	0	0	1.000	3.86	2.00	3	3	50.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Ed Reulbach born?

Ed Reulbach was born on December 1, 1882.

Where was Ed Reulbach born?

Ed Reulbach was born in Detroit, MI.

How tall was Ed Reulbach?

Ed Reulbach was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Ed Reulbach weigh when playing?

Ed Reulbach weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Ed Reulbach play?

Ed Reulbach played 13 seasons.

Is Ed Reulbach in the Hall of Fame?

Ed Reulbach has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Ed Reulbach play?

Ed Reulbach was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Ed Reulbach have?

Ed Reulbach had 1,137 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Ed Reulbach played for?

Ed Reulbach played for 4 teams; the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Newark Pepper and Boston Braves.

How many World Series has Ed Reulbach won?

Ed Reulbach won 2 World Series.

When did Ed Reulbach retire?

Ed Reulbach last played in 1917.

What are Ed Reulbach's nicknames?

Big Ed is a nickname for Ed Reulbach.

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