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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

58.4

193

143

ERA

2.16

407

340

2961.1

2316

WHIP

1.102

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-18 / in Starts: 21-15

Days of Rest

1908 Pitching Game Log

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1908 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	324	3	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	0.00	2.32	32	86				27	0	0
2	325	6	Apr 20	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS-	L(1-1)	2	7.0	11	7		2	5	0	0	0.00	1.98	33					31
3	326	10	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	4	1		4	7	0	1	0.00	2.06	36					30	0	0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	327	17	May 4	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	L(2-2)	9	6.0	7	1		0	6	0	0	0.00	1.68	23					23	2	0
5	328	20	May 9(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-		4	1.0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0.00	1.98	4					1
6	329	21	May 10(1)	SLB		DET	L,2-6	GS-	L(2-3)	0	6.0	5	5		2	1	0	0	0.00	2.10	26					24
7	330	25	May 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	L(2-4)	3	8.0	8	4		2	7	0	0	0.00	1.93	34					30	1	2
8	331	28	May 19	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	5	2		3	4	0	0	0.00	1.97	33					27	2	0
9	332	39	May 31	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	GS-		11	7.0	7	2		2	7	0	1	0.00	1.91	29					26
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
10	333	42	Jun 4(2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(3-5)	3	11.0	7	2		5	11	0	1	0.00	1.88	42					35	1	0
11	334	45	Jun 8	SLB		PHA	W,10-0	SHO	W(4-5)	3	9.0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.86	32	73				31	1	0
12	335	48	Jun 11	SLB		WSH	W,6-3		W(5-5)	2	5.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0.00	1.73	16					16
13	336	49	Jun 12	SLB		WSH	W,7-5	GS-		0	4.0	4	4		1	1	0	0	0.00	1.76	16					15
14	337	53	Jun 16	SLB		BOS	L,1-9	GS-	L(5-6)	3	7.0	6	9		2	6	0	0	0.00	1.72	31					29
15	338	56	Jun 20	SLB		NYY	W,4-2		S(1)	3	3.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.70	13					12
16	339	59	Jun 24	SLB	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	7	1		4	2	0	0	0.00	1.81	34					29	1	0
17	340	64	Jun 30	SLB		CLE	L,1-2			5	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1.82	4					3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
18	341	66	Jul 2(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-	L(6-7)	1	0.1	4	3		1	0	0	0	0.00	1.85	5					4
19	342	68	Jul 4(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-8		L(6-8)	1	0.1	1	2		2	0	0	0	0.00	1.90	3					1
20	343	74	Jul 10	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-8)	5	9.0	9	0	0	2	9	0	0	0.00	1.82	37	76				33	0	0
21	344	77	Jul 13(2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2		S(2)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.80	7					6
22	345	78	Jul 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-	L(7-9)	0	3.1	5	3		2	2	0	0	0.00	1.82	17					15
23	346	83	Jul 20	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	W(8-9)	5	9.0	7	3		2	5	0	0	0.00	1.81	35					33	1	0
24	347	88	Jul 25	SLB		WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	4	2		2	9	0	0	0.00	1.75	34					30	0	0
25	348	92	Jul 29	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	8	4		2	16	0	0	0.00	1.60	38					35	1	1
26	349	94	Jul 31	SLB		PHA	W,4-2		S(3)	1	2.2	3	1		1	2	0	0	0.00	1.60	11					10
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
27	350	96	Aug 2	SLB		PHA	W,6-5	GS-		1	2.0	2	2		1	1	0	0	0.00	1.61	7					6
28	351	97	Aug 5(1)	SLB		NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(11-9)	2	9.0	5	2		4	4	0	0	0.00	1.66	35					29	1	0
29	352	101	Aug 9	SLB		BOS	W,8-2	CG	W(12-9)	3	9.0	5	2		1	7	0	1	0.00	1.64	31					27	1	0
30	353	104	Aug 14	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	L(12-10)	4	8.0	6	3		2	6	0	0	0.00	1.63	32					26	1	0
31	354	108	Aug 19(1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	7	2		6	11	0	0	0.00	1.63	36					29	1	0
32	355	112	Aug 24(1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	9	2		3	6	0	0	0.00	1.63	37					33	0	0
33	356	119	Aug 31	SLB		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(15-10)	6	9.0	6	0	0	1	10	0	1	0.00	1.59	35	84				33	0	0
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
34	357	122	Sep 3	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(16-10)	2	9.0	4	3		5	5	0	1	0.00	1.65	37					29	0	1
35	358	125	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,4-6	GS-	L(16-11)	2	6.0	11	6		4	6	0	0	0.00	1.66	31					27
36	359	129	Sep 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	L(16-12)	2	9.1	4	1		2	8	0	0	0.00	1.63	33					31	0	0
37	360	131	Sep 11	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4			1	1.2	2	2		1	2	0	0	0.00	1.63	8					7
38	361	133	Sep 13	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(17-12)	1	11.0	9	1		1	10	0	1	0.00	1.60	43					40	1	1
39	362	136	Sep 16	SLB		DET	L,1-4	CG	L(17-13)	2	9.0	12	4		1	5	0	0	0.00	1.59	39					34	2	1
40	363	140	Sep 20	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(18-13)	3	10.0	5	1		5	17	0	0	0.00	1.53	38					33	0	0
41	364	143	Sep 24	SLB		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(19-13)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	1.52	31	86				30	0	0
42	365	145	Sep 26	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	CG	L(19-14)	1	9.0	5	2		0	9	0	0	0.00	1.48	31					31	1	0
43	366	150	Oct 2	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-		5	1.0	2	3		2	0	0	0	0.00	1.50	6					4
							25-18		W-L:19-14,Sv:3	2.8	285.2	223	93	0	91	233	0	7	0.00	1.50	1135	81				1005	18	6

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