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Rube Walberg

George Elvin Walberg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 27, 1896 in Pine City, MN
High School: Seattle HS (Seattle, WA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1923 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/Giants 1923-1937

Final Game: October 2, 1937 (Age 41)
Died: October 27, 1978 in Tempe, AZ
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Standard Batting

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
1923 26 TOT MLB 28 46 42 1 13 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 18 .310 .326 .405 .730 91 17 0 3 1
1923 26 NYG NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1923 26 PHA AL 26 45 41 1 13 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 18 .317 .333 .415 .748 95 17 0 3 1
1924 27 PHA AL 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 157 1 0 0 /1
1925 28 PHA AL 53 64 64 6 10 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 .156 .156 .219 .375 -8 14 0 0 1
1926 29 PHA AL 40 53 46 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 13 .152 .188 .152 .340 -12 7 0 5 1
1927 30 PHA AL 47 102 87 14 18 3 0 2 10 1 0 13 16 .207 .310 .310 .620 58 27 0 2 1
1928 31 PHA AL 38 92 86 10 18 4 0 1 7 1 0 3 13 .209 .236 .291 .527 36 25 0 3 1
1929 32 PHA AL 40 112 103 11 23 2 0 1 11 0 0 3 17 .223 .245 .272 .517 31 28 0 6 1
1930 33 PHA AL 38 80 73 5 12 2 2 0 9 0 0 4 13 .164 .208 .247 .454 12 18 0 3 1
1931 34 PHA AL 45 114 105 6 13 1 1 0 6 0 0 5 16 .124 .164 .152 .316 -18 16 0 4 1
1932 35 PHA AL 41 108 94 8 16 2 0 0 8 0 0 5 16 .170 .212 .191 .404 4 18 0 9 1
1933 36 PHA AL 41 80 68 4 9 3 1 0 6 0 1 5 10 .132 .192 .206 .398 5 14 0 7 1
1934 37 BOS AL 30 34 32 2 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 8 .188 .212 .219 .431 10 7 0 1 1
1935 38 BOS AL 44 42 37 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .162 .205 .189 .394 0 7 0 3 1
1936 39 BOS AL 24 37 32 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .156 .206 .156 .362 -11 5 0 3 1
1937 40 BOS AL 32 39 34 7 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .147 .194 .176 .371 -8 6 0 3 1
15 Yrs 547 1005 905 78 162 26 5 4 84 2 1 48 179 .179 .220 .232 .452 15 210 0 52
162 Game Avg. 162 298 268 23 48 8 1 1 25 1 0 14 53 .179 .220 .232 .452 15 62 0 15
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
PHA (11 yrs) 415 852 769 65 140 23 5 4 69 2 1 41 150 .182 .223 .241 .464 18 185 0 42
BOS (4 yrs) 130 152 135 13 22 3 0 0 15 0 0 7 29 .163 .204 .185 .389 -3 25 0 10
NYG (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
AL (15 yrs) 545 1004 904 78 162 26 5 4 84 2 1 48 179 .179 .221 .232 .453 15 210 0 52
NL (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1923 26 NYG NL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .491 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $3,000 /1
1923 26 PHA AL 26 45 -1 0 0 0 4 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .512 .502 0.3 -0.0 5 1
1924 27 PHA AL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .505 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $4,000 /1
1925 28 PHA AL 53 64 -12 0 0 0 7 -5 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .491 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $4,000 1
1926 29 PHA AL 40 53 -9 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .491 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 $5,000 1
1927 30 PHA AL 47 102 -6 0 0 0 10 4 0.4 4 8 0.4 .509 .503 0.4 0.0 8 $6,000 1
1928 31 PHA AL 38 92 -9 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 5 $7,500 1
1929 32 PHA AL 40 112 -12 0 0 0 13 1 0.1 4 5 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 5 $8,000 1
1930 33 PHA AL 38 80 -11 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 3 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $12,000 1
1931 34 PHA AL 45 114 -20 0 0 0 12 -8 -0.7 4 -4 -0.7 .484 .495 -0.7 0.0 -3 $10,000 1
1932 35 PHA AL 41 108 -15 0 0 0 12 -4 -0.3 4 0 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 1 $10,000 1
1933 36 PHA AL 41 80 -11 -0 0 0 8 -3 -0.3 3 -0 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.0 -0 $6,000 1
1934 37 BOS AL 30 34 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $7,000 1
1935 38 BOS AL 44 42 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $7,000 1
1936 39 BOS AL 24 37 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $6,000 1
1937 40 BOS AL 32 39 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $7,500 1
15 Seasons 547 1005 -129 1 0 0 105 -23 -2.1 38 15 -2.1 .496 .499 -2.1 0.0 15 $103,000
PHA (11 yrs) 415 852 -104 1 0 0 88 -15 -1.4 32 17 -1.4 .497 .499 -1.4 0.0 17 $72,500
BOS (4 yrs) 130 152 -24 0 0 0 17 -8 -0.7 6 -2 -0.7 .495 .499 -0.7 -0.0 -2 $27,500
NYG (1 yr) 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .491 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $3,000

Advanced Batting

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
1923 26 TOT MLB 46 32 6 5.0 109 .542 .310 .291 .326 .361 .405 .403 .730 .764 91 .532 -0.9 -0.1 .621 .119 .095
1923 26 NYG NL 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .293 .000 .352 .000 .408 .000 .760 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1923 26 PHA AL 45 31 6 5.2 109 .565 .317 .291 .333 .362 .415 .403 .748 .764 95 .546 -0.6 -0.1 .643 .122 .098
1924 27 PHA AL 2 1 1 26.6 113 1.000 .500 .299 .500 .369 .500 .410 1.000 .780 157 .957 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1925 28 PHA AL 64 54 2 1.0 121 .213 .156 .308 .156 .380 .219 .432 .375 .812 -8 .047 -11.1 -1.0 .259 .063 .063
1926 29 PHA AL 53 44 1 0.6 114 .212 .152 .296 .188 .368 .152 .415 .340 .783 -12 .023 -8.0 -0.8 .231 .043 .000
1927 30 PHA AL 102 71 9 3.4 115 .232 .207 .299 .310 .368 .310 .420 .620 .788 58 .341 -5.6 -0.5 .594 .264 .103 1.3
1928 31 PHA AL 92 71 6 2.3 111 .236 .209 .292 .236 .358 .291 .415 .527 .773 36 .205 -8.4 -0.8 .426 .128 .081 1.0
1929 32 PHA AL 112 86 7 2.2 116 .259 .223 .297 .245 .364 .272 .429 .517 .793 31 .181 -11.3 -1.1 .388 .078 .049 .0
1930 33 PHA AL 80 64 4 1.7 120 .200 .164 .301 .208 .366 .247 .443 .454 .809 12 .108 -10.5 -1.0 .361 .137 .082
1931 34 PHA AL 114 96 3 0.8 113 .146 .124 .294 .164 .362 .152 .420 .316 .782 -18 .038 -19.2 -1.9 .228 .076 .029
1932 35 PHA AL 108 87 4 1.2 114 .205 .170 .289 .212 .360 .191 .425 .404 .785 4 .071 -13.9 -1.3 .295 .074 .021
1933 36 PHA AL 80 67 2 0.8 106 .155 .132 .281 .192 .352 .206 .405 .398 .757 5 .037 -9.6 -0.9 .300 .132 .074
1934 37 BOS AL 34 27 1 1.0 115 .250 .188 .293 .212 .368 .219 .422 .431 .790 10 .049 -4.5 -0.4 .308 .063 .031
1935 38 BOS AL 42 34 1 0.8 116 .222 .162 .295 .205 .368 .189 .426 .394 .794 0 .033 -5.8 -0.6 .290 .081 .027
1936 39 BOS AL 37 30 1 0.9 127 .172 .156 .306 .206 .383 .156 .450 .362 .833 -11 .034 -6.0 -0.5 .259 .063 .000
1937 40 BOS AL 39 32 1 0.8 121 .192 .147 .296 .194 .372 .176 .441 .371 .813 -8 .033 -5.9 -0.6 .276 .088 .029
15 Yrs 1005 796 49 1.6 115 .219 .179 .295 .220 .365 .232 .424 .452 .789 15 .117 -120.8 -11.6 .348 .107 .053 2.7
162 Game Avg. 298 236 15 1.6 115 .219 .179 .295 .220 .365 .232 .424 .452 .789 15 .117 -120.8 -11.6 .348 .107 .053 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHA (11 yrs) 852 672 45 1.8 114 .221 .182 .295 .223 .364 .241 .422 .464 .785 18 .136 -98.2 -9.5 .360 .113 .059 2.7
BOS (4 yrs) 152 123 4 0.9 120 .208 .163 .297 .204 .373 .185 .435 .389 .807 -3 .036 -22.3 -2.1 .283 .074 .022
NYG (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .293 .000 .352 .000 .408 .000 .760 -100 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
AL (15 yrs) 1004 795 49 1.6 115 .219 .179 .295 .221 .365 .232 .424 .453 .789 15 .117 -120.5 -11.5 .349 .107 .053 2.7
NL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .293 .000 .352 .000 .408 .000 .760 -100 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1929 32 PHA AL WS CHC W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1930 33 PHA AL WS STL W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 34 PHA AL WS STL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1923 26 TOT MLB 46 0.0% 39.1% 2.2% 6.5% 23% 18.00 2.3 14.0 52%
1923 26 NYG NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1923 26 PHA AL 45 0.0% 40.0% 2.2% 6.7% 23% 18.00 2.3 13.7 51%
1924 27 PHA AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 50%
1925 28 PHA AL 64 0.0% 26.6% 0.0% 6.3% 40% 3.8 12.8 73%
1926 29 PHA AL 53 0.0% 24.5% 3.8% 0.0% 0% 6.50 3.5 11.5 62%
1927 30 PHA AL 102 2.0% 15.7% 12.8% 4.9% 28% 1.23 5.4 43.5 8.7 68%
1928 31 PHA AL 92 1.1% 14.1% 3.3% 5.4% 28% 4.33 6.6 86.0 12.3 78%
1929 32 PHA AL 112 0.9% 15.2% 2.7% 2.7% 13% 5.67 6.1 103.0 9.4 76%
1930 33 PHA AL 80 0.0% 16.3% 5.0% 5.0% 33% 3.25 5.6 8.1 75%
1931 34 PHA AL 114 0.0% 14.0% 4.4% 1.8% 15% 3.20 6.6 17.5 78%
1932 35 PHA AL 108 0.0% 14.8% 4.6% 1.9% 13% 3.20 5.9 11.8 72%
1933 36 PHA AL 80 0.0% 12.5% 6.3% 5.0% 44% 2.00 6.8 11.3 73%
1934 37 BOS AL 34 0.0% 23.5% 2.9% 2.9% 17% 8.00 4.0 4.6 71%
1935 38 BOS AL 42 0.0% 23.8% 4.8% 2.4% 17% 5.00 3.7 12.3 64%
1936 39 BOS AL 37 0.0% 8.1% 5.4% 0.0% 0% 1.50 10.7 10.7 78%
1937 40 BOS AL 39 0.0% 20.5% 5.1% 2.6% 20% 4.00 4.3 17.0 67%
15 Yrs 1005 0.4% 17.8% 4.8% 3.5% 22% 3.73 5.1 226.3 10.8 72%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.8% 8.1% 6.8% 27% 0.97 11.4 72.2 7.7 80%
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

Cumulative Batting

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
1923 26 28 46 42 1 13 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 18 .310 .326 .405 .730 91 17 0 3
1924 27 34 48 44 1 14 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 19 .318 .333 .409 .742 94 18 0 3
1925 28 87 112 108 7 24 6 1 0 8 0 0 1 36 .222 .229 .296 .526 32 32 0 3
1926 29 127 165 154 7 31 6 1 0 12 0 0 3 49 .201 .217 .253 .470 19 39 0 8
1927 30 174 267 241 21 49 9 1 2 22 1 0 16 65 .203 .253 .274 .527 34 66 0 10
1928 31 212 359 327 31 67 13 1 3 29 2 0 19 78 .205 .249 .278 .527 34 91 0 13
1929 32 252 471 430 42 90 15 1 4 40 2 0 22 95 .209 .248 .277 .525 33 119 0 19
1930 33 290 551 503 47 102 17 3 4 49 2 0 26 108 .203 .242 .272 .514 30 137 0 22
1931 34 335 665 608 53 115 18 4 4 55 2 0 31 124 .189 .228 .252 .480 22 153 0 26
1932 35 376 773 702 61 131 20 4 4 63 2 0 36 140 .187 .226 .244 .470 20 171 0 35
1933 36 417 853 770 65 140 23 5 4 69 2 1 41 150 .182 .223 .240 .463 18 185 0 42
1934 37 447 887 802 67 146 24 5 4 76 2 1 42 158 .182 .223 .239 .462 18 192 0 43
1935 38 491 929 839 70 152 25 5 4 79 2 1 44 168 .181 .222 .237 .459 17 199 0 46
1936 39 515 966 871 71 157 25 5 4 82 2 1 46 171 .180 .221 .234 .456 16 204 0 49
1937 40 547 1005 905 78 162 26 5 4 84 2 1 48 179 .179 .220 .232 .452 15 210 0 52

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1923 26 29 48 44 1 13 2 1 0 3 0 1 19 .295 .311 .386 .697 5 28
1924 27 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1925 28 56 67 67 6 10 4 0 0 5 0 0 18 .149 .149 .209 .358 2 53
1926 29 42 54 47 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 14 .128 .163 .128 .291 1 40
1927 30 49 103 89 12 17 3 0 2 9 1 12 17 .191 .287 .292 .579 7 47
1928 31 40 95 89 9 17 4 0 1 6 1 3 14 .191 .217 .270 .487 5 38
1929 32 42 117 108 10 23 2 0 1 10 0 3 18 .213 .234 .259 .493 6 40
1930 33 40 82 75 4 11 2 2 0 8 0 4 14 .147 .190 .227 .417 3 38
1931 34 47 117 108 5 12 1 1 0 5 0 5 17 .111 .150 .139 .289 2 45
1932 35 43 111 97 7 15 2 0 0 7 0 5 17 .155 .196 .175 .371 3 41
1933 36 44 82 71 3 8 3 1 0 5 0 4 11 .113 .160 .183 .343 2 41
1934 37 32 34 32 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 1 8 .156 .182 .188 .369 1 30
1935 38 47 43 38 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 11 .132 .175 .158 .333 1 44
1936 39 25 38 33 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 .152 .200 .152 .352 1 24
1937 40 33 40 35 6 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 8 .143 .189 .171 .361 1 32
15 Yrs 575 1033 935 67 152 26 5 4 73 2 46 190 .163 .202 .214 .416 40 547
162 Game Avg. 162 291 263 19 43 7 1 1 21 1 13 54 .163 .202 .214 .416 11 547

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

Oldest s c a p y
1935 AL  born 1896-07-27 (4th)
1936 AL  born 1896-07-27 (3rd)
1937 AL  born 1896-07-27 (2nd)

                           

Similarity Scores

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