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.

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
2	6 (2)	Apr 20	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
3	10 (3)	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	17 (6)	May 4	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
5	20 (2)	May 9 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	21	May 10 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-6	GS	0	6.0	0	4	3	7	0
7	25 (3)	May 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	28 (2)	May 19	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
9	39 (10)	May 31	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	GS	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	42 (2)	Jun 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
11	45 (2)	Jun 8	SLB		PHA	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	48 (2)	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	W,6-3	GF	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	49	Jun 12	SLB		WSH	W,7-5	GS	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	53 (3)	Jun 16	SLB		BOS	L,1-9	GS	0	7.0	0	3	2	5	0
15	56 (2)	Jun 20	SLB		NYY	W,4-2	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	59 (2)	Jun 24	SLB	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	64 (4)	Jun 30	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	66 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	0	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
19	68 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-8		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	74 (5)	Jul 10	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	77 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	78	Jul 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	83 (4)	Jul 20	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	88 (4)	Jul 25	SLB		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
25	92 (3)	Jul 29	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	94 (1)	Jul 31	SLB		PHA	W,4-2	GF	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	96 (1)	Aug 2	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	GS	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	97	Aug 5 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	101 (3)	Aug 9	SLB		BOS	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	7	1	8	1
30	104 (2)	Aug 14	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	108 (3)	Aug 19 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	112 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	119 (6)	Aug 31	SLB		CHW	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	122 (2)	Sep 3	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
35	125 (2)	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,4-6	GS	0	6.0	1	1	1	3	0
36	129 (3)	Sep 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	9.1	0	2	0	2	0
37	131 (1)	Sep 11	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	GF	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
38	133 (1)	Sep 13	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	136 (2)	Sep 16	SLB		DET	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
40	140 (3)	Sep 20	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	143 (2)	Sep 24	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
42	145 (1)	Sep 26	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	150 (4)	Oct 2	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	GS	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
							43gm		286.0	5	79	10	94	1