Rube Waddell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: October 13, 1876 in Bradford, PA us

Died: April 1, 1914 in San Antonio, TX

Buried: Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, TX

Schools: Rollins College (Winter Park, FL), Volant College (Volant, PA)

Debut: September 8, 1897 (Age 20-330d, 2,028th in major league history)

Last Game: August 1, 1910 (Age 33-292d)
vs. WSH 8.0 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, W

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1946. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
View Rube Waddell's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1899 season

Full Name: George Edward Waddell

Nicknames: Rube

Pronunciation: \wa-DELL\

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Hall of Fame
Triple Crown
2x ERA Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

58.4

193

143

ERA

2.16

407

340

2961.1

2316

WHIP

1.102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	51 (50)	Jun 26	PHA	@	BLA	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	54 (2)	Jul 1	PHA		BLA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	57 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	60 (2)	Jul 8	PHA	@	BOS	W,22-9		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	61	Jul 9	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	17.0	1	4	0	5	0
6	64 (2)	Jul 12	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
7	66 (1)	Jul 15	PHA		CHW	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	69 (2)	Jul 18	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
9	71 (1)	Jul 21	PHA		CLE	W,11-10	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	72	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	W,9-4	GF	0	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
11	74 (1)	Jul 26	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	76 (1)	Jul 29	PHA		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	77	Jul 31	PHA	@	SLB	T,4-4	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	80 (2)	Aug 3	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
15	83 (2)	Aug 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
16	87 (3)	Aug 11	PHA	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	13.0	2	3	0	5	0
17	88	Aug 13 (1)	PHA		DET	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	94 (5)	Aug 16	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
19	96 (1)	Aug 19	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
20	99 (2)	Aug 22	PHA		SLB	W,12-4	GF	0	8.1	0	1	1	2	0
21	105 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	108 (2)	Aug 30 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	111 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	113 (1)	Sep 2	PHA	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	115 (1)	Sep 4	PHA	@	DET	W,13-4	GS	0	6.0	3	4	0	7	0
26	117 (1)	Sep 6	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	118	Sep 8	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	119	Sep 10 (1)	PHA		BLA	W,9-5	GF	0	7.2	0	2	0	2	0
29	120	Sep 10 (2)	PHA		BLA	W,5-4	GF	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	123 (2)	Sep 12	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
31	125 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
32	129 (3)	Sep 19	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
33	132 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
							33gm		276.0	15	64	7	86	1