Bob Rush
Robert Ransom Rush
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 21, 1925 in Battle Creek, MI
High School: Riley (South Bend, IN)
Signed
by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1948
Final Game: August 7, 1960
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1948 22 CHC NL 38 41 39 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 .128 .128 .154 .282 -23 6 0 0 2 1
1949 23 CHC NL 35 69 63 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 19 .032 .047 .032 .079 -78 2 1 0 5 1
1950 24 CHC NL 40 94 90 6 15 2 0 1 5 1 3 36 .167 .194 .222 .416 9 20 0 0 1 1 AS
1951 25 CHC NL 37 73 68 5 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .191 .203 .221 .423 13 15 3 0 4 1
1952 26 CHC NL 34 99 96 5 28 5 1 0 15 0 0 1 35 .292 .299 .365 .664 82 35 1 0 2 1 AS
1953 27 CHC NL 29 60 54 2 6 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 23 .111 .158 .148 .306 -20 8 0 0 3 1
1954 28 CHC NL 33 87 83 6 23 4 1 2 9 0 0 3 23 .277 .302 .422 .724 86 35 3 0 1 0 1
1955 29 CHC NL 33 91 82 6 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 6 40 .110 .170 .171 .341 -9 14 0 0 3 0 0 1
1956 30 CHC NL 32 92 82 6 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 37 .098 .159 .110 .269 -25 9 1 0 4 0 0 1
1957 31 CHC NL 31 75 69 3 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 26 .203 .236 .246 .482 31 17 1 0 3 0 0 1
1958 32 MLN NL 28 52 45 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 .200 .245 .222 .467 30 10 1 0 3 1 0 1
1959 33 MLN NL 31 33 32 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .188 .188 .188 .375 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
1960 34 TOT MLB 19 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 213 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 34 MLN NL 10 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 142 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 34 CHW AL 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 445 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
13 Seasons 420 871 807 50 140 21 3 4 49 1 0 31 298 .173 .204 .222 .426 14 179 12 0 32 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 336 311 19 54 8 1 2 19 0 12 115 .173 .204 .222 .426 14 69 5 0 12
CHC (10 yrs) 342 781 726 44 123 20 3 4 48 1 0 27 268 .169 .199 .222 .421 13 161 10 0 28 0 0
MLN (3 yrs) 69 89 80 5 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 30 .200 .235 .213 .448 25 17 2 0 4 1 0
CHW (1 yr) 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 445 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 411 870 806 49 139 21 3 4 49 1 0 31 298 .172 .203 .221 .424 14 178 12 0 32 1 0
AL (1 yr) 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 445 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1948 22 CHC NL 41 36 1 0.7 99 .167 .128 .264 .128 .338 .154 .391 .282 .728 -23 .036 -6.7 -0.7 .176 .026 .026
1949 23 CHC NL 69 67 0 0.0 101 .045 .032 .267 .047 .340 .032 .399 .079 .739 -78 .000 -15.9 -1.6 .048 .016 .000
1950 24 CHC NL 94 76 4 1.4 107 .264 .167 .268 .194 .345 .222 .416 .416 .761 9 .098 -12.1 -1.2 .320 .100 .056 1.0
1951 25 CHC NL 73 62 3 1.3 105 .271 .191 .270 .203 .344 .221 .409 .423 .753 13 .093 -8.6 -0.9 .276 .044 .029
1952 26 CHC NL 99 71 10 3.8 98 .459 .292 .263 .299 .336 .365 .391 .664 .727 82 .456 -2.7 -0.3 .522 .083 .073
1953 27 CHC NL 60 51 1 0.5 112 .194 .111 .276 .158 .348 .148 .431 .306 .779 -20 .017 -10.0 -1.0 .229 .093 .037
1954 28 CHC NL 87 64 11 4.6 110 .362 .277 .275 .302 .347 .422 .425 .724 .772 86 .482 -2.2 -0.2 .603 .181 .145 .0
1955 29 CHC NL 91 76 3 1.1 105 .195 .110 .265 .170 .336 .171 .420 .341 .757 -9 .062 -13.1 -1.3 .274 .134 .061 .0
1956 30 CHC NL 92 79 2 0.7 102 .178 .098 .263 .159 .330 .110 .415 .269 .745 -25 .031 -14.7 -1.5 .200 .085 .012
1957 31 CHC NL 75 59 4 1.8 102 .326 .203 .267 .236 .331 .246 .414 .482 .744 31 .155 -6.8 -0.7 .357 .087 .043
1958 32 MLN NL 52 41 3 2.0 99 .281 .200 .260 .245 .326 .222 .406 .467 .732 30 .170 -4.2 -0.4 .351 .089 .022
1959 33 MLN NL 33 28 1 1.0 98 .353 .188 .260 .188 .325 .188 .403 .375 .728 4 .052 -4.3 -0.4 .222 .000 .000
1960 34 TOT MLB 5 2 2 26.9 95 .667 .500 .257 .600 .323 .500 .394 1.100 .717 213 .965 0.8 0.1 1.500 .250 .000
1960 34 MLN NL 4 2 1 13.5 93 .500 .333 .255 .500 .320 .333 .391 .833 .710 142 .887 0.3 0.0 1.000 .333 .000
1960 34 CHW AL 1 0 1 101 1.000 1.000 .263 1.000 .337 1.000 .403 2.000 .740 445 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
13 Seasons 871 712 45 1.7 104 .269 .173 .267 .204 .338 .222 .411 .426 .749 14 .139 -100.4 -10.0 .311 .088 .048 1.6
162 Game Avg. 336 275 17 1.7 104 .269 .173 .267 .204 .338 .222 .411 .426 .749 14 .139 -100.4 -10.0 .311 .088 .048 1
CHC (10 yrs) 781 641 39 1.6 104 .262 .169 .268 .199 .339 .222 .412 .421 .751 13 .131 -92.6 -9.3 .308 .091 .052 1.6
MLN (3 yrs) 89 71 5 1.9 98 .314 .200 .260 .235 .326 .213 .404 .448 .730 25 .162 -8.2 -0.8 .318 .063 .013
CHW (1 yr) 1 0 1 101 1.000 1.000 .263 1.000 .337 1.000 .403 2.000 .740 445 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
NL (13 yrs) 870 712 44 1.7 104 .267 .172 .267 .203 .338 .221 .411 .424 .749 14 .134 -100.9 -10.1 .309 .088 .048 1.6
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1 101 1.000 1.000 .263 1.000 .337 1.000 .403 2.000 .740 445 0.5 0.0 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 32 MLN NL WS NYY L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 CHC NL 24 DNP
1952 CHC NL 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 22 CHC NL 41 0.0% 22.0% 0.0% 2.4% 20% 4.3 73%
1949 23 CHC NL 69 0.0% 27.5% 1.5% 0.0% 0% 19.00 3.3 31.5 64%
1950 24 CHC NL 94 1.1% 38.3% 3.2% 3.2% 20% 12.00 2.5 90.0 18.0 56%
1951 25 CHC NL 73 0.0% 27.4% 1.4% 2.7% 15% 20.00 3.4 34.0 66%
1952 26 CHC NL 99 0.0% 35.4% 1.0% 6.1% 21% 35.00 2.7 6.4 62%
1953 27 CHC NL 60 0.0% 38.3% 5.0% 1.7% 17% 7.67 2.3 10.8 52%
1954 28 CHC NL 87 2.3% 26.4% 3.5% 8.1% 30% 7.67 3.6 41.5 9.2 1.91 67%
1955 29 CHC NL 91 1.1% 44.0% 6.6% 3.3% 33% 6.67 2.1 82.0 16.4 1.56 45%
1956 30 CHC NL 92 0.0% 40.2% 6.5% 1.1% 13% 6.17 2.2 41.0 1.44 49%
1957 31 CHC NL 75 0.0% 34.7% 4.0% 4.0% 21% 8.67 2.7 23.0 2.14 57%
1958 32 MLN NL 52 0.0% 26.9% 5.8% 1.9% 11% 4.67 3.2 45.0 2.25 62%
1959 33 MLN NL 33 0.0% 45.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.1 1.33 52%
1960 34 TOT MLB 5 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 4.0 0.00 60%
1960 34 MLN NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 3.0 0.00 50%
1960 34 CHW AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
13 Seasons 871 0.5% 34.2% 3.6% 3.2% 20% 9.61 2.7 201.8 16.5 1.75 58%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 28 CHC NL 0 0 17% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1955 29 CHC NL 3 0 36% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1956 30 CHC NL 3 0 43% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1957 31 CHC NL 1 0 18% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 1
1958 32 MLN NL 1 0 17% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1959 33 MLN NL 0 0 33% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 34 TOT MLB 0 0 67% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1960 34 MLN NL 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1960 34 CHW AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
13 Seasons 8 0 28% 101 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 17% 15 14 0 6 6 0 9 4 5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 28 CHC NL 65 31% 23 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 12 3 25% 8 0 0% 38 3 8% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 22
1955 29 CHC NL 61 16% 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 75% 8 0 0% 10 1 10% 44 5 11% 4 3 75% 7 2 29% 30
1956 30 CHC NL 59 20% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 1 13% 8 2 25% 30 1 3% 0 0 3 0 0% 33
1957 31 CHC NL 53 28% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 10 1 10% 8 1 13% 25 2 8% 0 0 2 0 0% 22
1958 32 MLN NL 52 29% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 10 1 10% 11 3 27% 26 1 4% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
1959 33 MLN NL 33 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 7 1 14% 16 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1960 34 TOT MLB 5 60% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 34 MLN NL 4 75% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 34 CHW AL 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 328 26% 140 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 16 32 200% 53 12 23% 52 8 15% 182 12 7% 14 6 43% 16 4 25% 107
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 22 38 41 39 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 .128 .128 .154 .282 -23 6 0 0 2
1949 23 73 110 102 5 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 28 .069 .078 .078 .156 -57 8 1 0 7
1950 24 113 204 192 11 22 3 0 1 7 1 4 64 .115 .133 .146 .278 -25 28 1 0 8
1951 25 150 277 260 16 35 5 0 1 9 1 0 5 84 .135 .151 .165 .316 -15 43 4 0 12
1952 26 184 376 356 21 63 10 1 1 24 1 0 6 119 .177 .191 .219 .410 10 78 5 0 14
1953 27 213 436 410 23 69 10 2 1 29 1 0 9 142 .168 .186 .210 .396 6 86 5 0 17
1954 28 246 523 493 29 92 14 3 3 38 1 0 12 165 .187 .206 .245 .451 20 121 8 0 18 0
1955 29 279 614 575 35 101 16 3 4 43 1 0 18 205 .176 .201 .235 .435 16 135 8 0 21 0 0
1956 30 311 706 657 41 109 17 3 4 45 1 0 24 242 .166 .195 .219 .414 11 144 9 0 25 0 0
1957 31 342 781 726 44 123 20 3 4 48 1 0 27 268 .169 .199 .222 .421 13 161 10 0 28 0 0
1958 32 370 833 771 46 132 21 3 4 49 1 0 30 282 .171 .202 .222 .424 14 171 11 0 31 1 0
1959 33 401 866 803 48 138 21 3 4 49 1 0 30 297 .172 .201 .220 .422 13 177 12 0 32 1 0
1960 34 420 871 807 50 140 21 3 4 49 1 0 31 298 .173 .204 .222 .426 14 179 12 0 32 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1948 22 40 41 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 38
1949 23 36 66 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .000 .015 .000 .015 0 35
1950 24 42 97 94 6 16 2 0 1 5 1 3 38 .170 .196 .223 .419 4 40
1951 25 38 71 70 5 13 2 0 0 2 0 1 21 .186 .197 .214 .411 3 37
1952 26 36 102 101 5 30 5 1 0 16 0 1 37 .297 .304 .366 .670 11 34
1953 27 30 57 55 2 5 0 1 0 4 0 2 24 .091 .123 .127 .250 1 29
1954 28 35 89 86 6 23 4 1 2 9 0 3 24 .267 .292 .407 .699 11 33
1955 29 35 95 88 7 11 2 0 1 6 0 7 42 .125 .189 .182 .371 3 33
1956 30 33 95 87 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 8 39 .115 .189 .126 .316 2 32
1957 31 32 75 72 3 15 3 0 0 3 0 3 27 .208 .240 .250 .490 4 31
1958 32 29 54 49 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 4 15 .224 .278 .245 .523 3 28
1959 33 32 33 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 31
1960 34 20 7 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .600 .714 .600 1.314 2 19
13 Seasons 438 882 846 49 137 20 3 4 48 1 35 313 .162 .195 .207 .402 46 420
162 Game Avg. 162 326 313 18 51 7 1 1 18 0 13 116 .162 .195 .207 .402 17 420

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1950
1952 *

                                         
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