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.

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	PHA	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	6 (2)	Apr 21	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	2	3	0	5	0
3	9 (2)	Apr 25	PHA		BOS	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (2)	May 2	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	15 (2)	May 5	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	17 (1)	May 7	PHA		WSH	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
7	19 (1)	May 11	PHA		CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	12.0	1	7	0	8	0
8	22 (2)	May 14	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
9	24 (1)	May 17	PHA		SLB	L,0-2	GS	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
10	29 (4)	May 23	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
11	32 (2)	May 26	PHA		DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	36 (3)	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	39 (2)	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-14	GS	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	40	Jun 6	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	41	Jun 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	1	5	2	8	1
16	45 (3)	Jun 13	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	49 (3)	Jun 17	PHA	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
18	52 (2)	Jun 22	PHA		BOS	L,6-7	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	55 (2)	Jun 25	PHA		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
20	58 (2)	Jun 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	0	4	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	62 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	66 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
23	71 (4)	Jul 14	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	75 (3)	Jul 19	PHA		SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	79 (3)	Jul 23 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	2	4	1	7	0
26	82 (2)	Jul 27	PHA		DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	85 (2)	Jul 30	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	87 (1)	Aug 2	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	91 (3)	Aug 7	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	93 (1)	Aug 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	96 (2)	Aug 15	PHA	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
32	99 (2)	Aug 19	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
33	102 (2)	Aug 23	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	GS	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	104 (1)	Aug 25	PHA		DET	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
35	107 (2)	Aug 29	PHA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	110 (2)	Sep 1	PHA		SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
37	114 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-2	GS	0	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
38	115	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	118 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
40	121 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
41	123 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	127 (3)	Sep 15 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	GS	0	2.0	1	1	1	3	0
43	141 (13)	Sep 29 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
44	145 (3)	Oct 1 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
45	150 (4)	Oct 7 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	155 (4)	Oct 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
							46gm		383.0	27	105	9	141	2