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Rube Walberg

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: July 27, 1896 in Pine City, MN us

Died: October 27, 1978 in Tempe, AZ

Buried: Cremated

High School: Seattle HS (Seattle, WA)

Debut: April 29, 1923 (Age 26-276d, 5,732nd in major league history)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 2, 1937 (Age 41-067d)
vs. NYY 2.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: George Elvin Walberg

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.7

155

141

ERA

4.16

544

306

2644.0

1085

WHIP

1.447

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1923	26	TOT	MLB	4	8	.333	5.18	28	10	10	4	0	0	120.0	126	79	69	10	61		39	2	0	1	534	80	5.05	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	230	3.24	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	5.12	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	35	6.17	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	12	77		82	2	2	5	829	117	3.39	1.430	9.3	0.6	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	148	3.73	1.510	10.0	0.2	3.6	4.3	1.20
1927	30	PHA	AL	16	12	.571	3.93	46	33	12	14	0	4	249.1	257	139	109	17	91		136	4	0	2	1078	107	3.44	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	2	235.2	236	111	93	19	64	4	112	3	0	1	987	113	3.98	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	3	94	0	0	4	1139	117	4.27	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	0	100	2	0	4	898	100	3.53	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	4	*291.0*	298	133	121	16	109	1	106	0	0	3	*1248*	120	4.25	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	0	96	0	0	5	1203	96	3.99	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	1	68	1	0	5	920	88	4.43	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	0	38	1	0	3	468	117	4.28	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	4	44	2	0	1	622	121	4.65	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	2	49	1	0	0	424	121	4.35	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	7	46	3	0	4	488	86	4.59	1.806	12.3	0.6	4.0	4.0	1.00
15 Yrs				155	141	.524	4.16	544	306	146	139	15	34	2644.0	2795	1423	1223	163	1031	22	1085	27	2	40	11531	107	4.07	1.447	9.5	0.6	3.5	3.7	1.05
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.524	4.16	44	24	12	11	1	3	212	224	114	98	13	82	2	87	2	0	3	922	107	4.07	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PHA (11 yrs)				134	114	.540	4.11	412	266	98	125	15	29	2186.2	2280	1163	999	134	853	9	907	20	2	32	9509	106	3.99	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	13	177	7	0	8	2002	110	4.49	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	230	3.24	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.00

AL (15 yrs)				155	141	.524	4.17	542	306	146	139	15	34	2639.0	2791	1421	1222	163	1030	22	1084	27	2	40	11511	107	4.07	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	230	3.24	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.00