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Rube Waddell
George Edward Waddell

Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Weight: 196 lb.

Born: October 13, 1876 in Bradford, PA
Signed as a Free Agent with the Louisville Colonels in 1897. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1897
Final Game: August 1, 1910
Died: April 1, 1914 in San Antonio, TX
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1946.
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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
1897	20	LOU	NL	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0			/1
1899	22	LOU	NL	10	34	34	2	8	2	0	0	3	0		0		.235	.235	.294	.529	45	10		0	0			1
1900	23	PIT	NL	30	82	81	6	14	2	3	0	9	1		0		.173	.183	.272	.455	24	22		1	0			1
1901	24	TOT	NL	32	103	101	16	25	3	3	2	14	2		2		.248	.262	.396	.658	93	40		0	0			1/3
1901	24	PIT	NL	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0			/1
1901	24	CHC	NL	30	100	98	16	25	3	3	2	14	2		2		.255	.270	.408	.678	99	40		0	0			1/3
1902	25	PHA	AL	34	117	112	8	32	6	2	1	18	1		4		.286	.310	.402	.712	93	45		0	1			1
1903	26	PHA	AL	39	124	115	4	14	2	0	0	6	0		3		.122	.151	.139	.290	-14	16		1	5			1
1904	27	PHA	AL	46	147	139	6	17	3	0	0	6	0		6		.122	.164	.144	.308	-4	20		1	1			1
1905	28	PHA	AL	46	126	116	4	20	3	1	0	10	0		4		.172	.200	.216	.416	31	25		0	6			1
1906	29	PHA	AL	43	100	86	5	14	1	1	0	3	2		8		.163	.242	.198	.440	36	17		1	5			1
1907	30	PHA	AL	44	107	101	4	12	2	0	0	3	0		4		.119	.152	.139	.291	-8	14		0	2			1
1908	31	SLB	AL	43	103	91	4	10	4	0	1	8	0		8		.110	.190	.187	.377	22	17		1	3			1
1909	32	SLB	AL	31	78	75	2	5	1	0	0	2	0		3		.067	.103	.080	.183	-40	6		0	0			1
1910	33	SLB	AL	10	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.111	.200	.111	.311	0	1		1	0			1
13 Seasons				410	1137	1066	61	172	29	10	4	83	6		42		.161	.197	.219	.416	25	233		6	23
162 Game Avg.				162	449	421	24	68	11	4	2	33	2		17		.161	.197	.219	.416	25	92		2	9
PHA (6 yrs)				252	721	669	31	109	17	4	1	46	3		29		.163	.201	.205	.406	22	137		3	20
SLB (3 yrs)				84	191	175	6	16	5	0	1	11	0		11		.091	.154	.137	.291	-5	24		2	3
LOU (2 yrs)				12	40	40	2	8	2	0	0	3	0		0		.200	.200	.250	.450	22	10		0	0
PIT (2 yrs)				32	85	84	6	14	2	3	0	9	1		0		.167	.176	.262	.438	20	22		1	0
CHC (1 yr)				30	100	98	16	25	3	3	2	14	2		2		.255	.270	.408	.678	99	40		0	0
AL (9 yrs)				336	912	844	37	125	22	4	2	57	3		40		.148	.191	.191	.382	17	161		5	23
NL (4 yrs)				74	225	222	24	47	7	6	2	26	3		2		.212	.222	.324	.547	54	72		1	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
1897	20	LOU	NL	6	6	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.295	.000	.358	.000	.392	.000	.750	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1899	22	LOU	NL	34	26	2	2.0	100	.235	.235	.290	.235	.352	.294	.377	.529	.730	45	.195	-2.7	-0.3	.385	.059	.059
1900	23	PIT	NL	82	67	4	1.6	99	.173	.173	.288	.183	.350	.272	.380	.455	.729	24	.137	-9.2	-0.9	.358	.111	.099	.0
1901	24	TOT	NL	103	76	11	3.9	86	.232	.248	.271	.262	.326	.396	.354	.658	.679	93	.488	-1.8	-0.2	.579	.188	.149	2.0
1901	24	PIT	NL	3	3	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.279	.000	.335	.000	.364	.000	.699	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1901	24	CHC	NL	100	73	11	4.0	85	.240	.255	.271	.270	.325	.408	.353	.678	.679	99	.507	-1.1	-0.1	.603	.194	.153	2.0
1902	25	PHA	AL	117	81	14	4.6	101	.279	.286	.289	.310	.346	.402	.389	.712	.736	93	.532	-1.6	-0.2	.625	.161	.116	1.0
1903	26	PHA	AL	124	106	2	0.5	86	.122	.122	.269	.151	.319	.139	.363	.290	.682	-14	.026	-16.3	-1.9	.198	.043	.017
1904	27	PHA	AL	147	123	3	0.6	77	.122	.122	.257	.164	.309	.144	.337	.308	.647	-4	.052	-16.7	-2.0	.221	.065	.022
1905	28	PHA	AL	126	102	5	1.3	74	.172	.172	.250	.200	.310	.216	.326	.416	.636	31	.170	-9.5	-1.2	.302	.078	.043
1906	29	PHA	AL	100	77	4	1.4	77	.163	.163	.259	.242	.315	.198	.332	.440	.647	36	.175	-6.3	-0.8	.389	.151	.035	.0
1907	30	PHA	AL	107	91	2	0.6	73	.119	.119	.256	.152	.312	.139	.320	.291	.632	-8	.045	-12.4	-1.5	.202	.059	.020
1908	31	SLB	AL	103	84	3	1.0	69	.100	.110	.247	.190	.304	.187	.314	.377	.618	22	.114	-7.6	-1.0	.321	.165	.077	.0
1909	32	SLB	AL	78	70	1	0.4	68	.067	.067	.245	.103	.304	.080	.310	.183	.614	-40	.022	-11.7	-1.5	.129	.053	.013
1910	33	SLB	AL	10	8	0	0.0	71	.111	.111	.243	.200	.308	.111	.314	.311	.622	0	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
13 Seasons				1137	917	51	1.5	82	.158	.161	.264	.197	.320	.219	.345	.416	.665	25	.172	-98.6	-11.6	.321	.102	.057	4.8
162 Game Avg.				449	362	20	1.5	82	.158	.161	.264	.197	.320	.219	.345	.416	.665	25	.172	-98.6	-11.6	.321	.102	.057	2
PHA (6 yrs)				721	580	30	1.4	81	.162	.163	.263	.201	.318	.205	.345	.406	.664	22	.160	-62.8	-7.5	.307	.090	.042	1.5
SLB (3 yrs)				191	162	4	0.7	69	.086	.091	.246	.154	.304	.137	.312	.291	.617	-5	.059	-20.3	-2.5	.233	.109	.046	.0
LOU (2 yrs)				40	32	2	1.6	100	.200	.200	.291	.200	.353	.250	.380	.450	.733	22	.139	-4.4	-0.4	.313	.050	.050
PIT (2 yrs)				85	70	4	1.5	99	.167	.167	.288	.176	.349	.262	.379	.438	.728	20	.128	-9.9	-1.0	.343	.107	.095	.0
CHC (1 yr)				100	73	11	4.0	85	.240	.255	.271	.270	.325	.408	.353	.678	.679	99	.507	-1.1	-0.1	.603	.194	.153	2.0
AL (9 yrs)				912	742	34	1.2	79	.146	.148	.260	.191	.315	.191	.339	.382	.654	17	.138	-83.2	-10.0	.291	.094	.043	2.4
NL (4 yrs)				225	175	17	2.6	93	.205	.212	.281	.222	.339	.324	.368	.547	.707	54	.292	-15.4	-1.6	.446	.135	.113	2.4

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
1897	20	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
1898	21	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
1899	22	12	40	40	2	8	2	0	0	3	0		0		.200	.200	.250	.450	22	10		0	0
1900	23	42	122	121	8	22	4	3	0	12	1		0		.182	.189	.264	.453	23	32		1	0
1901	24	74	225	222	24	47	7	6	2	26	3		2		.212	.222	.324	.547	54	72		1	0
1902	25	108	342	334	32	79	13	8	3	44	4		6		.237	.252	.350	.602	67	117		1	1
1903	26	147	466	449	36	93	15	8	3	50	4		9		.207	.226	.296	.522	47	133		2	6
1904	27	193	613	588	42	110	18	8	3	56	4		15		.187	.211	.260	.471	36	153		3	7
1905	28	239	739	704	46	130	21	9	3	66	4		19		.185	.209	.253	.462	35	178		3	13
1906	29	282	839	790	51	144	22	10	3	69	6		27		.182	.213	.247	.460	35	195		4	18
1907	30	326	946	891	55	156	24	10	3	72	6		31		.175	.206	.235	.441	31	209		4	20
1908	31	369	1049	982	59	166	28	10	4	80	6		39		.169	.205	.230	.435	30	226		5	23
1909	32	400	1127	1057	61	171	29	10	4	82	6		42		.162	.197	.219	.417	25	232		5	23
1910	33	410	1137	1066	61	172	29	10	4	83	6		42		.161	.197	.219	.416	25	233		6	23

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1897	20	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1899	22	11	36	36	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	10
1900	23	34	93	92	5	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	.000	.011	.000	.011	3	30
1901	24	37	120	118	19	30	4	4	2	16	2	2	0	.254	.267	.407	.673	13	32
1902	25	40	132	128	8	34	6	2	1	18	1	4	0	.266	.288	.367	.655	14	34
1903	26	45	137	133	4	15	2	0	0	6	0	3	0	.113	.139	.128	.267	2	39
1904	27	47	154	146	8	20	4	0	0	8	0	7	0	.137	.182	.164	.346	4	46
1905	28	48	129	124	5	23	3	1	0	13	0	5	0	.185	.217	.226	.443	6	46
1906	29	46	104	93	7	17	1	1	0	4	2	10	0	.183	.269	.215	.484	5	43
1907	30	46	114	109	6	15	2	0	0	4	0	5	0	.138	.175	.156	.331	3	44
1908	31	45	107	96	5	12	5	0	1	11	0	10	0	.125	.215	.208	.423	4	43
1909	32	32	84	80	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	.088	.131	.100	.231	1	31
1910	33	10	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	10
13 Seasons		443	1227	1171	72	173	28	8	4	94	6	50	0	.148	.187	.196	.382	57	410
162 Game Avg.		162	449	428	26	63	10	3	1	34	2	18		.148	.187	.196	.382	21	410

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award) 1905-AL-Triple Crown

Youngest s c a p y 1897 NL--born 1876-10-13--10th

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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