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Rube Waddell

Position: Starting 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)

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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

58.4

193

143

ERA

2.16

407

340

2961.1

2316

WHIP

1.102

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1897	20	-5.5	LOU	NL	Maj	LOU	0	1	.000	3.21	3.86	2	1	1	1	0	0	14.0	17	6	5	0	6		5	1	0	0	64	1.643	10.9	0.0	3.9	3.2	0.83
1898	21	-5.2	Detroit	WL	A		4	4	.500		5.96	9	8		7	0		71.0	63	47			32		38	3		4		1.338	8.0		4.1	4.8	1.19
1899	22	-4.3	LOU	NL	Maj	LOU	7	2	.778	3.08	4.33	10	9	1	9	1	1	79.0	69	38	27	4	14		44	8	0	2	316	1.051	7.9	0.5	1.6	5.0	3.14
1900	23	-3.1	Milwaukee	AL	A		10	3	.769		1.95	15	14		13	2		129.0	90	28			20		75					0.853	6.3		1.4	5.2	3.75
1900	23	-4.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	13	.381	2.37	4.14	29	22	7	16	2	0	208.2	176	96	55	3	55		130	13	0	2	838	1.107	7.6	0.1	2.4	5.6	2.36
1901	24		2 Teams	NL	Maj	CHC-PIT	14	16	.467	3.01	4.83	31	30	1	26	0	0	251.1	249	135	84	5	75		172	10	0	9	1055	1.289	8.9	0.2	2.7	6.2	2.29
1901	24	-2.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	2	.000	9.39	14.09	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.2	10	12	8	0	9		4	1	0	1	42	2.478	11.7	0.0	10.6	4.7	0.44
1901	24	-2.1	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	14	14	.500	2.81	4.54	29	28	1	26	0	0	243.2	239	123	76	5	66		168	9	0	8	1013	1.252	8.8	0.2	2.4	6.2	2.55
1902	25	-0.4	Los Angeles	CALL	Ind		11	8	.579	2.42	3.44	19	19					167.2	123	64	45		36							0.948	6.6		1.9
1902	25	-1.5	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	24	7	.774	2.05	2.93	33	27	5	26	3	0	276.1	224	90	63	7	64		210	10	0	10	1081	1.042	7.3	0.2	2.1	6.8	3.28
1903	26	-0.6	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	21	16	.568	2.44	3.03	39	38	1	34	4	0	324.0	274	109	88	3	85		302	8	0	9	1291	1.108	7.6	0.1	2.4	8.4	3.55
1904	27	-0.3	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	25	19	.568	1.62	2.56	46	46	0	39	8	0	383.0	307	109	69	5	91		349	14	0	8	1496	1.039	7.2	0.1	2.1	8.2	3.84
1905	28	0.4	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	27	10	.730	1.48	2.35	46	34	11	27	7	0	328.2	231	86	54	5	90		287	10	2	10	1257	0.977	6.3	0.1	2.5	7.9	3.19
1906	29	0.8	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	15	17	.469	2.21	2.94	43	34	7	22	8	0	272.2	221	89	67	1	92		196	10	1	10	1086	1.148	7.3	0.0	3.0	6.5	2.13
1907	30	1.7	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	19	13	.594	2.15	3.64	44	33	5	20	7	0	284.2	234	115	68	2	73		232	15	0	4	1121	1.078	7.4	0.1	2.3	7.3	3.18
1908	31	3.0	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	19	14	.576	1.89	2.93	43	36	6	25	5	3	285.2	223	93	60	0	90		232	8	0	7	1143	1.096	7.0	0.0	2.8	7.3	2.58
1909	32	4.8	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	11	14	.440	2.37	3.19	31	28	3	16	5	0	220.1	204	78	58	1	57		141	7	0	3	829	1.185	8.3	0.0	2.3	5.8	2.47
1910	33	3.5	Newark	EL	A		5	3	.625	1.76	2.41	15	12					97.0	73	26	19		41							1.175	6.8		3.8
1910	33	6.2	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	3	1	.750	3.55	5.18	10	2	6	0	0	1	33.0	31	19	13	1	11		16	1	0	0	140	1.273	8.5	0.3	3.0	4.4	1.45
1911	34	6.4	Minneapolis	AA	A		20	17	.541	2.79	3.99	54	35					300.0	262	133	93		96							1.193	7.9		2.9
1912	35	8.3	Minneapolis	AA	AA		12	6	.667		3.99	33		8				151.0	138	67			59		113	8	0	4		1.305	8.2		3.5	6.7	1.92
1913	36		2 Teams	NORL	C
1913	36	11.3	Minneapolis	NORL	C		3	9	.250	3.75	5.36	15						84.0	86	50	35		20							1.262	9.2		2.1
1913	36	11.3	Virginia	NORL	C
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		193	143	.574	2.16	3.23	407	340	54	261	50	5	2961.1	2460	1063	711	37	803		2316	115	3	74	11717	1.102	7.5	0.1	2.4	7.0	2.88
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		54	42				141	69	8	20	2		832.0	712	351	147		268		226	11	0	8
Other (1 season)					Other		11	8	.579	2.42	3.44	19	19					167.2	123	64	45		36							0.948	6.6		1.9
All Levels (17 Seasons)							258	193				567	428	62	281	52	5	3961.0	3295	1478	903	37	1107		2542	126	3	82	11717

AA (1 season)					Minors		12	6	.667		3.99	33		8				151.0	138	67			59		113	8	0	4		1.305	8.2		3.5	6.7	1.92
A (4 seasons)					Minors		39	27	.591		3.53	93	69		20	2		597.0	488	234	112		189		113	3		4		1.134	7.4		2.8
C (1 season)					Minors		3	9				15						84.0	86	50	35		20