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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 CHC NL 22 P 36 37 3 31 3 0 .919 0.94 .965 0.91
1949 CHC NL 23 P 35 56 17 37 2 1 .964 1.54 .952 0.91
1950 CHC NL 24 P 39 76 24 51 1 4 .987 1.92 .961 0.97 AS
1951 CHC NL 25 P 37 62 18 39 5 2 .919 1.54 .963 0.96
1952 CHC NL 26 P 34 71 13 54 4 4 .944 1.97 .954 0.98 AS
1953 CHC NL 27 P 29 41 13 28 0 3 1.000 1.41 .954 0.87
1954 CHC NL 28 P 33 32 236.1 72 15 54 3 4 .958 2.63 2.09 .960 2.07 0.87
1955 CHC NL 29 P 33 33 234.0 60 16 43 1 1 .983 2.27 1.79 .948 2.04 0.83
1956 CHC NL 30 P 32 32 239.2 50 14 34 2 2 .960 1.80 1.50 .966 2.05 0.83
1957 CHC NL 31 P 31 29 205.1 43 15 25 3 1 .930 1.75 1.29 .963 2.06 0.82
1958 MLN NL 32 P 28 20 147.1 27 12 14 1 1 .963 1.59 0.93 .956 1.97 0.77
1959 MLN NL 33 P 31 9 101.1 25 9 13 3 0 .880 1.95 0.71 .956 1.99 0.82
1960 TOT MLB 34 P 19 0 29.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.15 0.37 .971 2.02 0.83
1960 MLN NL 34 P 10 0 15.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.80 0.30 .967 2.10 0.87
1960 CHW AL 34 P 9 0 14.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.51 0.44 .975 1.95 0.78
13 Seasons P 417 155 1193.1 627 171 428 28 24 .955 4.52 1.44 .958 2.04 0.88
13 Seasons TOT 417 155 1193.1 627 171 428 28 24 .955 4.52 1.44 .913 2.04 0.88

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 CHC NL 22 38 38 38 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CHC NL 23 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CHC NL 24 40 40 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CHC NL 25 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHC NL 26 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHC NL 27 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 28 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHC NL 29 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 30 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 31 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 MLN NL 32 28 20 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 MLN NL 33 31 9 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 34 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 34 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 420 155 420 420 417 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CHC NL 28 800 79% 30% 43 93% 0 14 0 13 39 30 6 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 3 0 4 75%
1955 CHC NL 29 690 76% 23% 30 100% 0 9 1 8 29 26 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1956 CHC NL 30 641 84% 30% 32 88% 0 5 1 3 27 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1957 CHC NL 31 691 80% 24% 22 82% 0 14 1 8 19 14 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 50%
1958 MLN NL 32 620 81% 28% 16 88% 0 12 1 9 13 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1959 MLN NL 33 439 80% 28% 21 71% 1 9 2 6 14 9 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 33%
1960 MLN NL 34 74 82% 20% 2 50% 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1960 CHW AL 34 62 73% 27% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
7 Seasons 4017 80% 27% 170 88% 1 65 6 49 146 118 14 9 1 6 2 7 8 6 7 1 20 65%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* 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.

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