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.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 22	PHA		BOS	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
3	6 (2)	Apr 25	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	8 (1)	Apr 28	PHA		NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (8)	May 8	PHA		WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
6	19 (1)	May 11	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	22 (2)	May 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-9	GS	0	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
8	23	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	26 (2)	May 19	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	29 (2)	May 23	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
11	31 (1)	May 26	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
12	35 (3)	May 30 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	36	Jun 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	39 (2)	Jun 4	PHA		DET	L,4-6	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	40	Jun 5	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	43 (2)	Jun 9	PHA		CHW	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
17	45 (1)	Jun 12	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	14.0	0	5	0	5	0
18	48 (2)	Jun 16	PHA		SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	50 (1)	Jun 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	2	1	0	3	1
20	54 (3)	Jun 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
21	57 (2)	Jun 27	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
22	60 (2)	Jun 30	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	0	5	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	64 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		DET	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
24	65	Jul 6	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	70 (4)	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	L,3-10	GS	0	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
26	71	Jul 14	PHA		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
27	75 (3)	Jul 17	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	80 (4)	Jul 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	82 (1)	Jul 25	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	83	Jul 27	PHA		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	87 (3)	Jul 30 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	GS	0	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	89 (1)	Aug 1	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	91 (1)	Aug 5	PHA		BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	96 (4)	Aug 11	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	98 (1)	Aug 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS	0	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
36	101 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
37	103 (1)	Aug 18	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	106 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	107	Aug 21 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
							39gm		324.0	17	77	7	101	3