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.

1906 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1906 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-3	GF	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	5 (2)	Apr 19	PHA		WSH	L,10-11	GF	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	7 (1)	Apr 21	PHA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	9 (1)	Apr 25	PHA		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	12 (2)	Apr 28	PHA		BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (3)	May 4	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-6		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	18 (1)	May 7	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
8	22 (3)	May 12	PHA		CHW	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	25 (2)	May 17	PHA		DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	28 (2)	May 21	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	GS	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	42 (13)	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS	0	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	53 (10)	Jun 19	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	56 (2)	Jun 22	PHA		BOS	L,4-6		0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	58 (1)	Jun 25	PHA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	61 (2)	Jun 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
16	64 (2)	Jun 30	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	67 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	71 (3)	Jul 7	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	1	3	1	5	0
19	73 (1)	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	76 (2)	Jul 14	PHA		DET	W,5-4	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	80 (3)	Jul 19	PHA		SLB	L,0-4	GS	0	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	87 (6)	Jul 25 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	GS	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	97 (9)	Aug 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
24	100 (2)	Aug 10	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	103 (2)	Aug 13 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	104	Aug 13 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	106 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
28	110 (3)	Aug 18	PHA		SLB	L,4-9	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	111	Aug 20	PHA		SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
30	113 (1)	Aug 22	PHA		SLB	W,5-3	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	114	Aug 23	PHA		DET	L,6-7	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	115	Aug 25	PHA		DET	W,4-3	GS	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
33	117 (1)	Aug 29	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	118	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	119	Aug 31	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS	0	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	122 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-3	CG	0	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	126 (3)	Sep 7	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	129 (2)	Sep 11	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	132 (2)	Sep 14	PHA		BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	135 (2)	Sep 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	10.1	1	4	1	6	0
41	138 (2)	Sep 21	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-11	GS	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	140 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
43	145 (4)	Sep 27	PHA	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
							43gm		273.0	15	64	6	85	0