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Rube Waddell

George Edward Waddell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", 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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Browns/Pirates/Orphans/Colonels 1897-1910

Final Game: August 1, 1910
Died: April 1, 1914 in San Antonio, TX
Buried: Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, TX
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.
   View Rube Waddell Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1897 20 LOU NL 0 1 .000 3.21 2 1 1 1 0 0 14.0 17 6 5 0 6 5 1 0 0 64 136 1.643 10.9 0.0 3.9 3.2 0.83
1899 22 LOU NL 7 2 .778 3.08 10 9 1 9 1 1 79.0 69 38 27 4 14 44 8 0 2 316 126 1.051 7.9 0.5 1.6 5.0 3.14
1900 23 PIT NL 8 13 .381 2.37 29 22 7 16 2 0 208.2 176 96 55 3 55 130 13 0 2 838 153 1.107 7.6 0.1 2.4 5.6 2.36
1901 24 TOT NL 14 16 .467 3.01 31 30 1 26 0 0 251.1 249 135 84 5 75 172 10 0 9 1055 109 1.289 8.9 0.2 2.7 6.2 2.29
1901 24 PIT NL 0 2 .000 9.39 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 10 12 8 0 9 4 1 0 1 42 37 2.478 11.7 0.0 10.6 4.7 0.44
1901 24 CHC NL 14 14 .500 2.81 29 28 1 26 0 0 243.2 239 123 76 5 66 168 9 0 8 1013 116 1.252 8.8 0.2 2.4 6.2 2.55
1902 25 PHA AL 24 7 .774 2.05 33 27 5 26 3 0 276.1 224 90 63 7 64 210 10 0 10 1081 178 1.042 7.3 0.2 2.1 6.8 3.28
1903 26 PHA AL 21 16 .568 2.44 39 38 1 34 4 0 324.0 274 109 88 3 85 302 8 0 9 1291 125 1.108 7.6 0.1 2.4 8.4 3.55
1904 27 PHA AL 25 19 .568 1.62 46 46 0 39 8 0 383.0 307 109 69 5 91 349 14 0 8 1496 165 1.039 7.2 0.1 2.1 8.2 3.84
1905 28 PHA AL 27 10 .730 1.48 46 34 11 27 7 0 328.2 231 86 54 5 90 287 10 2 10 1257 179 0.977 6.3 0.1 2.5 7.9 3.19
1906 29 PHA AL 15 17 .469 2.21 43 34 7 22 8 0 272.2 221 89 67 1 92 196 10 1 10 1086 123 1.148 7.3 0.0 3.0 6.5 2.13
1907 30 PHA AL 19 13 .594 2.15 44 33 5 20 7 0 284.2 234 115 68 2 73 232 15 0 4 1121 121 1.078 7.4 0.1 2.3 7.3 3.18
1908 31 SLB AL 19 14 .576 1.89 43 36 6 25 5 3 285.2 223 93 60 0 90 232 8 0 7 1143 125 1.096 7.0 0.0 2.8 7.3 2.58
1909 32 SLB AL 11 14 .440 2.37 31 28 3 16 5 0 220.1 204 78 58 1 57 141 7 0 3 829 103 1.185 8.3 0.0 2.3 5.8 2.47
1910 33 SLB AL 3 1 .750 3.55 10 2 6 0 0 1 33.0 31 19 13 1 11 16 1 0 0 140 71 1.273 8.5 0.3 3.0 4.4 1.45
13 Yrs 193 143 .574 2.16 407 340 54 261 50 5 2961.1 2460 1063 711 37 803 2316 115 3 74 11717 135 1.102 7.5 0.1 2.4 7.0 2.88
162 Game Avg. 18 13 .574 2.16 37 31 5 24 5 0 270 224 97 65 3 73 211 10 0 7 1067 135 1.102 7.5 0.1 2.4 7.0 2.88
PHA (6 yrs) 131 82 .615 1.97 251 212 29 168 37 0 1869.1 1491 598 409 23 495 1576 67 3 51 7332 146 1.062 7.2 0.1 2.4 7.6 3.18
SLB (3 yrs) 33 29 .532 2.19 84 66 15 41 10 4 539.0 458 190 131 2 158 389 16 0 10 2112 110 1.143 7.6 0.0 2.6 6.5 2.46
LOU (2 yrs) 7 3 .700 3.10 12 10 2 10 1 1 93.0 86 44 32 4 20 49 9 0 2 380 127 1.140 8.3 0.4 1.9 4.7 2.45
PIT (2 yrs) 8 15 .348 2.62 31 24 7 16 2 0 216.1 186 108 63 3 64 134 14 0 3 880 138 1.156 7.7 0.1 2.7 5.6 2.09
CHC (1 yr) 14 14 .500 2.81 29 28 1 26 0 0 243.2 239 123 76 5 66 168 9 0 8 1013 116 1.252 8.8 0.2 2.4 6.2 2.55
AL (9 yrs) 164 111 .596 2.02 335 278 44 209 47 4 2408.1 1949 788 540 25 653 1965 83 3 61 9444 137 1.080 7.3 0.1 2.4 7.3 3.01
NL (4 yrs) 29 32 .475 2.78 72 62 10 52 3 1 553.0 511 275 171 12 150 351 32 0 13 2273 126 1.195 8.3 0.2 2.4 5.7 2.34

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1897 20 LOU NL 14.0 2 1 6 3.86 5.96 0.07 0.00 99.0 5.84 3 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .658 .502 $
1899 22 LOU NL 79.0 10 9 38 4.33 5.23 0.02 0.00 100.0 5.21 10 1.0 1.0 -0.1 1.6 17 .598 .506 $
1900 23 PIT NL 208.2 29 22 96 4.14 5.21 0.25 0.00 98.0 4.86 21 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.5 38 .569 .512 $
1901 24 PIT NL 7.2 2 2 12 14.09 4.50 0.33 0.00 99.0 4.13 -8 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -8 .205 .496 $
1901 24 CHC NL 243.2 29 28 123 4.54 4.70 -0.05 0.00 98.0 4.65 5 0.5 1.0 -0.3 2.1 24 .518 .503 $
1902 25 PHA AL 276.1 33 27 90 2.93 4.78 -0.11 0.00 102.0 4.99 66 7.2 1.0 -0.3 9.4 92 .719 .545 $2,700
1903 26 PHA AL 324.0 39 38 109 3.03 4.06 -0.04 0.00 103.0 4.23 49 5.9 1.0 -0.3 8.4 72 .651 .536 $3,000
1904 27 PHA AL 383.0 46 46 109 2.56 3.53 -0.04 0.00 103.0 3.68 52 7.1 -0.3 10.0 80 .654 .544 $
1905 28 PHA AL 328.2 46 34 86 2.35 3.63 0.03 0.00 100.0 3.59 48 6.2 1.0 -0.2 8.9 74 .635 .538 $
1906 29 PHA AL 272.2 43 34 89 2.94 3.65 -0.05 0.00 101.0 3.74 25 3.2 1.0 -0.2 5.4 48 .574 .520 $1,200
1907 30 PHA AL 284.2 44 33 115 3.64 3.63 0.04 0.00 102.0 3.66 1 0.1 1.0 -0.2 2.4 25 .503 .501 $
1908 31 SLB AL 285.2 43 36 93 2.93 3.44 0.24 0.00 99.0 3.16 7 0.9 1.0 -0.2 3.1 30 .521 .506 $
1909 32 SLB AL 220.1 31 28 78 3.19 3.52 -0.11 0.00 98.0 3.56 12 1.5 1.0 -0.2 3.2 27 .549 .509 $1,200
1910 33 SLB AL 33.0 10 2 19 5.18 3.76 -0.30 0.00 98.0 3.98 -4 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .452 .497 $2,800
13 Seasons 2961.1 407 340 1063 3.23 4.00 0.01 0.00 100.6 4.02 287 34.9 1.0 -2.7 57.7 523 .586 .515 $10,900
PHA (6 yrs) 1869.1 251 212 598 2.88 3.86 -0.03 0.00 101.9 3.96 241 29.7 1.0 -1.6 44.5 390 .618 .531 $6,900
SLB (3 yrs) 539.0 84 66 190 3.17 3.49 0.07 0.00 98.5 3.37 15 2.0 1.0 -0.5 6.1 56 .523 .504 $4,000
LOU (2 yrs) 93.0 12 10 44 4.26 5.34 0.02 0.00 99.8 5.31 14 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.0 22 .608 .504 $
PIT (2 yrs) 216.1 31 24 108 4.49 5.18 0.25 0.00 98.0 4.83 12 1.4 1.0 -0.1 3.0 30 .545 .504 $
CHC (1 yr) 243.2 29 28 123 4.54 4.70 -0.05 0.00 98.0 4.65 5 0.5 1.0 -0.3 2.1 24 .518 .503 $

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1897 20 0 1 .000 3.21 2 1 1 1 0 0 14.0 17 6 5 0 6 5 1 0 0 64 136 1.643 10.9 0.0 3.9 3.2 0.83 136
1898 21 0 1 .000 3.21 2 1 1 1 0 0 14.0 17 6 5 0 6 5 1 0 0 64 136 1.643 10.9 0.0 3.9 3.2 0.83 136
1899 22 7 3 .700 3.10 12 10 2 10 1 1 93.0 86 44 32 4 20 49 9 0 2 380 127 1.140 8.3 0.4 1.9 4.7 2.45 127
1900 23 15 16 .484 2.60 41 32 9 26 3 1 301.2 262 140 87 7 75 179 22 0 4 1218 144 1.117 7.8 0.2 2.2 5.3 2.39 144
1901 24 29 32 .475 2.78 72 62 10 52 3 1 553.0 511 275 171 12 150 351 32 0 13 2273 126 1.195 8.3 0.2 2.4 5.7 2.34 126
1902 25 53 39 .576 2.54 105 89 15 78 6 1 829.1 735 365 234 19 214 561 42 0 23 3354 140 1.144 8.0 0.2 2.3 6.1 2.62 140
1903 26 74 55 .574 2.51 144 127 16 112 10 1 1153.1 1009 474 322 22 299 863 50 0 32 4645 136 1.134 7.9 0.2 2.3 6.7 2.89 136
1904 27 99 74 .572 2.29 190 173 16 151 18 1 1536.1 1316 583 391 27 390 1212 64 0 40 6141 141 1.110 7.7 0.2 2.3 7.1 3.11 141
1905 28 126 84 .600 2.15 236 207 27 178 25 1 1865.0 1547 669 445 32 480 1499 74 2 50 7398 146 1.087 7.5 0.2 2.3 7.2 3.12 146
1906 29 141 101 .583 2.16 279 241 34 200 33 1 2137.2 1768 758 512 33 572 1695 84 3 60 8484 143 1.095 7.4 0.1 2.4 7.1 2.96 143
1907 30 160 114 .584 2.15 323 274 39 220 40 1 2422.1 2002 873 580 35 645 1927 99 3 64 9605 140 1.093 7.4 0.1 2.4 7.2 2.99 140
1908 31 179 128 .583 2.13 366 310 45 245 45 4 2708.0 2225 966 640 35 735 2159 107 3 71 10748 139 1.093 7.4 0.1 2.4 7.2 2.94 139
1909 32 190 142 .572 2.15 397 338 48 261 50 4 2928.1 2429 1044 698 36 792 2300 114 3 74 11577 136 1.100 7.5 0.1 2.4 7.1 2.90 136
1910 33 193 143 .574 2.16 407 340 54 261 50 5 2961.1 2460 1063 711 37 803 2316 115 3 74 11717 135 1.102 7.5 0.1 2.4 7.0 2.88 135

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1897 20 1 0 1.000 2.65 17.0 18 6 5 0 6 6 1 1.412 9.5 3.2 3.2 1.00 0.0 2
1899 22 6 3 .667 2.67 81.0 67 27 24 4 14 45 8 1.000 7.4 1.6 5.0 3.21 0.4 10
1900 23 19 6 .760 2.13 232.0 187 61 55 3 58 145 14 1.056 7.3 2.3 5.6 2.50 0.1 29
1901 24 20 11 .645 3.02 280.0 284 104 94 6 86 192 11 1.321 9.1 2.8 6.2 2.23 0.2 31
1902 25 28 6 .824 1.87 313.0 247 72 65 8 71 238 11 1.016 7.1 2.0 6.8 3.35 0.2 33
1903 26 26 13 .667 2.73 356.0 327 120 108 4 101 332 10 1.202 8.3 2.6 8.4 3.29 0.1 39
1904 27 30 9 .769 2.16 359.0 349 96 86 6 103 327 16 1.259 8.7 2.6 8.2 3.17 0.2 46
1905 28 27 7 .794 1.96 313.0 267 76 68 6 104 273 12 1.185 7.7 3.0 7.8 2.63 0.2 46
1906 29 18 10 .643 2.95 259.0 255 94 85 1 106 186 12 1.394 8.9 3.7 6.5 1.75 0.0 43
1907 30 20 10 .667 2.83 270.0 268 94 85 2 84 220 17 1.304 8.9 2.8 7.3 2.62 0.1 44
1908 31 20 9 .690 2.71 269.0 264 90 81 0 107 218 9 1.379 8.8 3.6 7.3 2.04 0.0 43
1909 32 10 10 .500 3.91 182.0 244 88 79 1 68 116 8 1.714 12.1 3.4 5.7 1.71 0.0 31
1910 33 1 2 .333 4.94 31.0 36 19 17 1 13 15 1 1.581 10.5 3.8 4.4 1.15 0.3 10
13 Yrs 226 96 .702 2.59 2962.0 2813 947 852 42 921 2313 130 1.261 8.5 7.0 2.51 0.1 407

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA (14.6%)
1937 BBWAA (33.3%)
1938 BBWAA (56.5%)
1939 BBWAA (65.3%)
1942 BBWAA (58.4%)
1945 BBWAA (62.3%)
1946 Final Ballot (33.1%)
1946 Nominating Vote (60.4%)
1946 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1946
by Old Timers Committee

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1902 AL  10.0 (1st)
1903 AL  7.6 (2nd)
1904 AL  9.2 (3rd)
1905 AL  8.9 (1st)
1906 AL  5.3 (9th)
Career  55.3 (189th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1902 AL  9.4 (2nd)
1903 AL  8.4 (1st)
1904 AL  10.0 (1st)
1905 AL  8.9 (1st)
1906 AL  5.4 (3rd)
Career  57.7 (53rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1900 NL  2.37 (1st)
1902 AL  2.05 (2nd)
1904 AL  1.62 (2nd)
1905 AL  1.48 (1st)
1907 AL  2.15 (9th)
1908 AL  1.89 (10th)
Career  2.16 (11th)

Wins s c a p y
1902 AL  24 (2nd)
1903 AL  21 (3rd)
1904 AL  25 (4th)
1905 AL  27 (1st)
1908 AL  19 (5th)
Career  193 (132nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1902 AL  .774 (2nd)
1905 AL  .730 (1st)
1907 AL  .594 (10th)
Career  .574 (206th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1900 NL  1.107 (1st)
1902 AL  1.042 (2nd)
1903 AL  1.108 (9th)
1904 AL  1.039 (7th)
1905 AL  0.977 (2nd)
1907 AL  1.078 (8th)
Career  1.102 (19th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1900 NL  7.591 (1st)
1902 AL  7.296 (2nd)
1903 AL  7.611 (4th)
1904 AL  7.214 (5th)
1905 AL  6.326 (1st)
1906 AL  7.295 (7th)
1907 AL  7.398 (7th)
1908 AL  7.026 (8th)
Career  7.476 (35th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1902 AL  2.084 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1900 NL  5.607 (1st)
1901 NL  6.159 (2nd)
1902 AL  6.840 (1st)
1903 AL  8.389 (1st)
1904 AL  8.201 (1st)
1905 AL  7.859 (1st)
1906 AL  6.469 (1st)
1907 AL  7.335 (1st)
1908 AL  7.309 (1st)
1909 AL  5.760 (4th)
Career  7.039 (99th)

Games Played s c a p y
1903 AL  39 (6th)
1904 AL  46 (3rd)
1905 AL  46 (1st)
1906 AL  43 (3rd)
1907 AL  44 (4th)
1908 AL  43 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1899 NL  1 (7th)
1908 AL  3 (3rd)
1910 AL  1 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1903 AL  324.0 (4th)
1904 AL  383.0 (3rd)
1905 AL  328.7 (4th)
1907 AL  284.7 (10th)
Career  2,961.3 (141st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1900 NL  130 (2nd)
1901 NL  172 (5th)
1902 AL  210 (1st)
1903 AL  302 (1st)
1904 AL  349 (1st)
1905 AL  287 (1st)
1906 AL  196 (1st)
1907 AL  232 (1st)
1908 AL  232 (2nd)
1909 AL  141 (5th)
Career  2,316 (44th)

Games Started s c a p y
1903 AL  38 (2nd)
1904 AL  46 (2nd)
1905 AL  34 (10th)
1906 AL  34 (7th)
1908 AL  36 (3rd)
Career  340 (207th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1903 AL  34 (1st)
1904 AL  39 (4th)
1908 AL  25 (6th)
Career  261 (68th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1900 NL  2 (10th)
1902 AL  3 (5th)
1903 AL  4 (6th)
1904 AL  8 (2nd)
1905 AL  7 (2nd)
1906 AL  8 (3rd)
1907 AL  7 (2nd)
1908 AL  5 (6th)
1909 AL  5 (5th)
Career  50 (19th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1905 AL  5 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1903 AL  85 (3rd)
1904 AL  91 (6th)
1905 AL  90 (8th)
1906 AL  92 (3rd)
1908 AL  90 (2nd)
Career  803 (241st)

Hits s c a p y
1904 AL  307 (9th)
Career  2,460 (243rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1900 NL  2.364 (2nd)
1901 NL  2.293 (9th)
1902 AL  3.281 (1st)
1903 AL  3.553 (2nd)
1904 AL  3.835 (2nd)
1905 AL  3.189 (2nd)
1906 AL  2.130 (9th)
1907 AL  3.178 (3rd)
1908 AL  2.578 (8th)
1909 AL  2.474 (7th)
Career  2.884 (52nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1900 NL  0.129 (5th)
1903 AL  0.083 (5th)
1906 AL  0.033 (6th)
1908 AL  0.000 (1st)
Career  0.112 (46th)

Losses s c a p y
1903 AL  16 (6th)
1904 AL  19 (8th)
1906 AL  17 (7th)
1909 AL  14 (9th)
Career  143 (187th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1903 AL  88 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1901 NL  9 (7th)
1902 AL  10 (3rd)
1903 AL  9 (1st)
1904 AL  8 (10th)
1905 AL  10 (5th)
1906 AL  10 (5th)
1908 AL  7 (10th)
Career  74 (219th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1902 AL  10 (10th)
1904 AL  14 (7th)
1906 AL  10 (7th)
1907 AL  15 (4th)
Career  115 (55th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1903 AL  1,291 (5th)
1904 AL  1,496 (4th)
1905 AL  1,257 (7th)
1908 AL  1,143 (9th)
Career  11,717 (166th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1900 NL  7 (4th)
1902 AL  5 (2nd)
1905 AL  11 (5th)
1906 AL  7 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1900 NL  153 (1st)
1902 AL  179 (2nd)
1904 AL  165 (1st)
1905 AL  179 (1st)
1906 AL  123 (10th)
1907 AL  121 (9th)
1908 AL  127 (10th)
Career  135 (24th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1900 NL  24 (6th)
1902 AL  48 (2nd)
1903 AL  27 (3rd)
1904 AL  39 (2nd)
1905 AL  39 (1st)
1906 AL  17 (9th)
1908 AL  14 (9th)
Career  225 (64th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1900 NL  2.3 (6th)
1902 AL  4.9 (2nd)
1903 AL  2.9 (3rd)
1904 AL  4.6 (2nd)
1905 AL  4.6 (1st)
1906 AL  1.9 (9th)
1908 AL  1.6 (9th)
Career  24.6 (54th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 46 (30), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 158 (85), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 138 (51), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 47 (44), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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