Rube Waddell

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Full Name: George Edward Waddell	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/196	First Game: September 8, 1897
Birthdate: October 13, 1876	Final Game: August 1, 1910
Birthplace: Bradford, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: April 1, 1914
Deathplace: San Antonio, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
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[edit] Biography

Born on October 13, 1876 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, Rube Waddell (George Edward Waddell) played for the Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Orphans, Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 13 year career. Waddell broke into the bigs on September 8, 1897 with the Louisville Colonels, and put up a 3.08 ERA in 79 innings pitched in 1899, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rube Waddell's best season was 1904, when he posted a 1.62 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 349 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1897	LOU	N	2	1	0	1	3.21	5	6	5	1	0	0	14	17	0	6	0	0	1
1899	LOU	N	10	9	7	2	3.08	44	38	27	9	1	1	79	69	4	14	0	2	8
1900	PIT	N	29	22	8	13	2.37	130	96	55	16	2	0	208.2	176	3	55	0	2	13
1901	PIT	N	2	2	0	2	9.39	4	12	8	0	0	0	7.2	10	0	9	0	1	1
1901	CHI	N	29	28	14	14	2.81	168	123	76	26	0	0	243.2	239	5	66	0	10	9
1901	TOT	N	31	30	14	16	3.01	172	135	84	26	0	0	251.1	249	5	75	0	11	10
1902	PHI	A	33	27	24	7	2.05	210	90	63	26	3	0	276.1	224	7	64	0	11	10
1903	PHI	A	39	38	21	16	2.44	302	109	88	34	4	0	324	274	3	85	0	9	8
1904	PHI	A	46	46	25	19	1.62	349	109	69	39	8	0	383	307	5	91	0	8	15
1905	PHI	A	46	34	27	10	1.48	287	86	54	27	7	0	328.2	231	5	90	0	10	10
1906	PHI	A	43	34	15	17	2.21	196	89	67	22	8	0	272.2	221	1	92	0	10	10
1907	PHI	A	44	33	19	13	2.15	232	115	68	20	7	0	284.2	234	2	73	0	4	16
1908	STL	A	43	36	19	14	1.89	232	93	60	25	5	3	285.2	223	0	90	0	7	8
1909	STL	A	31	28	11	14	2.37	141	78	58	16	5	0	220.1	204	1	57	0	3	7
1910	STL	A	10	2	3	1	3.55	16	19	13	0	0	1	33	31	1	11	0	0	1
Total	NL		72	62	29	32	2.78	351	275	171	52	3	1	553	511	12	150	0	15	32
Total	AL		335	278	164	111	2.02	1965	788	540	209	47	4	2408.1	1949	25	653	0	62	85
Total			407	340	193	143	2.16	2316	1063	711	261	50	5	2961.1	2460	37	803	0	77	117

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1897	LOU	N	P	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1899	LOU	N	P	10	0	0	4	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1900	PIT	N	P	29	0	0	12	49	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.924
1901	PIT	N	P	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1901	CHI	N	1B	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1901	CHI	N	P	29	0	0	32	62	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1901	TOT	N	P	31	0	0	32	66	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1902	PHI	A	P	33	0	0	15	64	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.919
1903	PHI	A	P	39	0	0	17	77	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.931
1904	PHI	A	P	46	0	0	27	105	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.936
1905	PHI	A	P	46	0	0	13	89	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	.872
1906	PHI	A	P	43	0	0	15	64	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1907	PHI	A	P	44	0	0	17	67	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1908	STL	A	P	43	0	0	5	79	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.894
1909	STL	A	P	31	0	0	13	56	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.863
1910	STL	A	P	10	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
Total			1B	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	407	0	0	170	740	91	16	0	0	0	0	0	.909

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1897	LOU	N	2	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1899	LOU	N	10	34	2	8	0	3	.235	.235	.294	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1900	PIT	N	30	81	6	14	0	9	.173	.183	.272	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1901	PIT	N	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901	CHI	N	30	98	16	25	2	14	.255	.270	.408	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
1901	TOT	N	32	101	16	25	2	14	.248	.262	.396	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
1902	PHI	A	34	112	8	32	1	18	.286	.310	.402	6	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0
1903	PHI	A	39	115	4	14	0	6	.122	.151	.139	2	0	3	0	1	5	0	0	0
1904	PHI	A	46	139	6	17	0	6	.122	.164	.144	3	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	0
1905	PHI	A	46	116	4	20	0	10	.172	.200	.216	3	1	4	0	0	6	0	0	0
1906	PHI	A	43	86	5	14	0	3	.163	.242	.198	1	1	8	0	1	5	2	0	0
1907	PHI	A	44	101	4	12	0	3	.119	.152	.139	2	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0
1908	STL	A	43	91	4	10	1	8	.110	.190	.187	4	0	8	0	1	3	0	0	0
1909	STL	A	31	75	2	5	0	2	.067	.103	.080	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1910	STL	A	10	9	0	1	0	1	.111	.200	.111	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		74	222	24	47	2	26	.212	.222	.324	7	6	2	0	1	0	3	0	0
Total	AL		336	844	37	125	2	57	.148	.191	.191	22	4	40	0	5	23	3	0	0
Total			410	1066	61	172	4	83	.161	.197	.219	29	10	42	0	6	23	6	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Louisville Colonels (August 25, 1897).
Sent to Detroit (Western) by Louisville Colonels for future considerations (November, 1897).
Selected by Louisville Colonels from Detroit (Western) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September, 1898).
Loaned to Columbus-Grand Rapids (Western) by Louisville Colonels (1899).
Returned to Louisville Colonels (@September 9, 1899).
Traded by Louisville Colonels with Bert Cunningham, Deacon Phillippe, Jack Wadsworth, Chief Zimmer, Tacks Latimer, Tom Messitt, Mike Kelley, Claude Ritchey, Tommy Leach, Fred Clarke and Honus Wagner to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jack Chesbro, Paddy Fox, John O'Brien, Art Madison and $25000 (December 8, 1899).
Loaned to Milwaukee (American) by Pittsburgh Pirates (July 25, 1900).
Returned to Pittsburgh Pirates (@August 29, 1900).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Orphans (May 2, 1901).
Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to St. Louis Browns (February 7, 1908).

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