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Rube Walberg
George Elvin Walberg
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 27, 1896 in Pine City, MN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1923
Final Game: October 2, 1937
Died: October 27, 1978 in Tempe, AZ
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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
1923 26 TOT 4 8 .333 5.18 28 10 10 4 0 0 120.0 126 79 69 10 61 39 2 0 1 534 79 1.558 9.5 0.8 4.6 2.9 0.64
1923 26 NYG NL 0 0 1.80 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 20 213 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.00
1923 26 PHA AL 4 8 .333 5.32 26 10 10 4 0 0 115.0 122 77 68 10 60 38 2 0 1 514 77 1.583 9.5 0.8 4.7 3.0 0.63
1924 27 PHA AL 0 0 12.86 6 2 2 0 0 0 7.0 10 10 10 0 10 3 0 0 1 40 33 2.857 12.9 0.0 12.9 3.9 0.30
1925 28 PHA AL 8 14 .364 3.99 53 20 23 7 0 7 191.2 197 99 85 11 77 82 2 2 5 829 117 1.430 9.3 0.5 3.6 3.9 1.06
1926 29 PHA AL 12 10 .545 2.80 40 19 8 5 2 2 151.0 168 67 47 4 60 72 6 0 1 653 149 1.510 10.0 0.2 3.6 4.3 1.20
1927 30 PHA AL 16 12 .571 3.93 46 34 11 15 0 4 249.1 257 139 109 18 91 136 4 0 2 1079 108 1.396 9.3 0.6 3.3 4.9 1.49
1928 31 PHA AL 17 12 .586 3.55 38 30 6 15 3 1 235.2 236 111 93 19 64 112 3 0 1 993 113 1.273 9.0 0.7 2.4 4.3 1.75
1929 32 PHA AL 18 11 .621 3.60 40 33 6 20 3 4 267.2 256 115 107 22 99 94 0 0 4 1139 118 1.326 8.6 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.95
1930 33 PHA AL 13 12 .520 4.69 38 30 4 12 2 1 205.1 207 121 107 6 85 100 2 0 4 898 100 1.422 9.1 0.3 3.7 4.4 1.18
1931 34 PHA AL 20 12 .625 3.74 44 35 8 19 1 3 291.0 298 133 121 16 109 106 0 0 3 1248 121 1.399 9.2 0.5 3.4 3.3 0.97
1932 35 PHA AL 17 10 .630 4.73 41 34 4 19 3 1 272.0 305 159 143 16 103 96 0 0 5 1203 96 1.500 10.1 0.5 3.4 3.2 0.93
1933 36 PHA AL 9 13 .409 4.88 40 20 15 10 1 4 201.0 224 132 109 12 95 68 1 0 5 920 88 1.587 10.0 0.5 4.3 3.0 0.72
1934 37 BOS AL 6 7 .462 4.04 30 10 11 2 0 1 104.2 118 62 47 5 41 38 1 0 3 468 117 1.519 10.1 0.4 3.5 3.3 0.93
1935 38 BOS AL 5 9 .357 3.91 44 10 17 4 0 3 142.2 152 71 62 10 54 44 2 0 1 622 121 1.444 9.6 0.6 3.4 2.8 0.81
1936 39 BOS AL 5 4 .556 4.40 24 9 7 5 0 0 100.1 98 53 49 7 36 49 1 0 0 424 120 1.336 8.8 0.6 3.2 4.4 1.36
1937 40 BOS AL 5 7 .417 5.59 32 11 13 3 0 1 104.2 143 72 65 7 46 46 3 0 4 488 85 1.806 12.3 0.6 4.0 4.0 1.00
15 Seasons 155 141 .524 4.16 544 307 145 140 15 32 2644.0 2795 1423 1223 163 1031 1085 27 2 40 11538 107 1.447 9.5 0.6 3.5 3.7 1.05
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .524 4.16 43 25 12 11 1 3 211 223 114 98 13 82 87 2 0 3 922 107 1.447 9.5 0.6 3.5 3.7 1.05
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
PHA (11 yrs) 134 114 .540 4.11 412 267 97 126 15 27 2186.2 2280 1163 999 134 853 907 20 2 32 9516 106 1.433 9.4 0.6 3.5 3.7 1.06
BOS (4 yrs) 21 27 .438 4.44 130 40 48 14 0 5 452.1 511 258 223 29 177 177 7 0 8 2002 109 1.521 10.2 0.6 3.5 3.5 1.00
NYG (1 yr) 0 0 1.80 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 20 213 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.00
AL (15 yrs) 155 141 .524 4.17 542 307 145 140 15 32 2639.0 2791 1421 1222 163 1030 1084 27 2 40 11518 107 1.448 9.5 0.6 3.5 3.7 1.05
NL (1 yr) 0 0 1.80 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 20 213 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1929 32 PHA AL WS W CHC 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 22 0.474 4.3 0.0 0.0 11.4
1930 33 PHA AL WS W STL 0 1 .000 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 18 1.071 7.7 1.9 1.9 5.8 3.00
1931 34 PHA AL WS L STL 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 12 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 12.0 2.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 1 1 .500 1.93 5 1 2 0 0 0 14.0 10 4 3 1 3 0 15 0 0 0 52 0.929 6.4 0.6 1.9 9.6 5.00
3 WS 1 1 .500 1.93 5 1 2 0 0 0 14.0 10 4 3 1 3 0 15 0 0 0 52 0.929 6.4 0.6 1.9 9.6 5.00
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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
1923 26 TOT 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 -13 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 13 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 9 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 -7 6 0 3 1
15 Seasons 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

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
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
3 Seasons (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
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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
1923 TOT 26 P 28 40 2 35 3 2 .925 1.32 .962 1.48
1923 NYG NL 26 P 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 1.35
1923 PHA AL 26 P 26 39 2 34 3 2 .923 1.38 .962 1.49
1924 PHA AL 27 P 6 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 .950 1.32
1925 PHA AL 28 P 53 63 10 51 2 0 .968 1.15 .960 1.40
1926 PHA AL 29 P 40 43 4 35 4 2 .907 0.98 .958 1.39
1927 PHA AL 30 P 46 70 2 62 6 0 .914 1.39 .961 1.40
1928 PHA AL 31 P 38 69 9 56 4 3 .942 1.71 .958 1.37
1929 PHA AL 32 P 40 60 11 49 0 1 1.000 1.50 .957 1.29
1930 PHA AL 33 P 38 44 7 34 3 1 .932 1.08 .948 1.18
1931 PHA AL 34 P 44 65 13 52 0 1 1.000 1.48 .952 1.19
1932 PHA AL 35 P 41 73 14 55 4 2 .945 1.68 .959 1.21
1933 PHA AL 36 P 40 61 14 45 2 1 .967 1.48 .959 1.18
1934 BOS AL 37 P 30 32 5 25 2 0 .938 1.00 .956 1.11
1935 BOS AL 38 P 44 33 8 23 2 0 .939 0.70 .948 1.12
1936 BOS AL 39 P 24 26 8 17 1 2 .962 1.04 .954 1.04
1937 BOS AL 40 P 32 27 6 17 4 3 .852 0.72 .959 1.09
15 Seasons P 544 708 113 558 37 18 .948 1.23 .957 1.26
15 Seasons TOT 544 708 113 558 37 18 .948 1.23 .905 1.26
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1929 AL--3.598--8th
1931 AL--3.742--8th

Wins s c a p y
1927 AL--16--10th
1928 AL--17--8th
1929 AL--18--5th
1931 AL--20--5th
1932 AL--17--8th
Career--155--224th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1929 AL--.621--7th
1931 AL--.625--8th
1932 AL--.630--10th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1928 AL--1.273--8th
1929 AL--1.326--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL--9.250--6th
1929 AL--8.608--4th
1930 AL--9.073--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL--3.850--4th
1927 AL--4.909--3rd
1928 AL--4.277--4th
1930 AL--4.383--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1925 AL--53--2nd
1926 AL--40--9th
1927 AL--46--5th
1929 AL--40--8th
1931 AL--44--7th
1935 AL--44--6th
Career--544--248th

Saves s c a p y
1925 AL--7--4th
1927 AL--4--9th
1929 AL--4--5th
1931 AL--3--10th
1933 AL--4--8th
1935 AL--3--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1927 AL--249.3--7th
1929 AL--267.7--4th
1931 AL--291.0--1st
1932 AL--272.0--4th
Career--2644.0--197th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1925 AL--82--10th
1926 AL--72--10th
1927 AL--136--2nd
1928 AL--112--6th
1931 AL--106--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1927 AL--34--2nd
1929 AL--33--4th
1931 AL--35--3rd
1932 AL--34--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1927 AL--15--9th
1929 AL--20--6th
1931 AL--19--6th
1932 AL--19--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1928 AL--3--6th
1929 AL--3--5th
1930 AL--2--4th
1932 AL--3--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1925 AL--11--10th
1927 AL--18--1st
1928 AL--19--3rd
1929 AL--22--1st
1931 AL--16--6th
1932 AL--16--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1927 AL--91--6th
1929 AL--99--5th
1931 AL--109--5th
1932 AL--103--7th
1933 AL--95--7th
Career--1031--102nd

Hits s c a p y
1927 AL--257--7th
1931 AL--298--3rd
1932 AL--305--2nd
Career--2795--157th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1925 AL--1.065--10th
1927 AL--1.495--4th
1928 AL--1.750--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1930 AL--.263--4th

Losses s c a p y
1925 AL--14--7th
Career--141--193rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1927 AL--109--6th
1929 AL--107--9th
1931 AL--121--10th
1932 AL--143--2nd
1933 AL--109--5th
Career--1223--106th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1925 AL--5--4th
1930 AL--4--9th
1932 AL--5--9th
1933 AL--5--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1926 AL--6--7th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1927 AL--1079--6th
1929 AL--1139--4th
1931 AL--1248--1st
1932 AL--1203--4th
Career--11538--154th

Games Finished s c a p y
1925 AL--23--4th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1929 AL--118--9th
1931 AL--121--9th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (545), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 112 (178), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (414), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (887), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 10, 1922: Purchased by the New York Giants from Portland (PCL). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 15, 1923: Returned to Portland (PCL) by the New York Giants following previous purchase.

May 17, 1923: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from Portland (PCL).

December 12, 1933: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Max Bishop and Lefty Grove to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler and $125,000.

October 4, 1937: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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