Born on October 9, 1886 in Cleveland, Ohio, Rube Marquard (Richard William Marquard) played for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves over the course of his 18 year career. Marquard broke into the bigs on September 25, 1908 with the New York Giants, and put up a 2.60 ERA in 173 innings pitched in 1909, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Rube Marquard's best season was 1911, when he posted a 2.50 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 237 batters.
Statistics
Pitching Stats
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1908
NY
N
1
1
0
1
3.60
2
5
2
0
0
0
5
6
0
2
0
1
1
1909
NY
N
29
21
5
13
2.60
109
81
50
8
0
1
173
155
2
73
0
8
9
1910
NY
N
13
8
4
4
4.46
52
35
35
2
0
0
70.2
65
2
40
0
4
4
1911
NY
N
45
33
24
7
2.50
237
98
77
22
5
3
277.2
221
9
106
1
10
4
1912
NY
N
43
38
26
11
2.57
175
112
84
22
1
1
294.2
286
9
80
0
8
3
1913
NY
N
42
33
23
10
2.50
151
100
80
20
4
3
288
248
10
49
0
3
3
1914
NY
N
39
33
12
22
3.06
92
117
91
15
4
2
268
261
9
47
0
12
2
1915
NY
N
27
21
9
8
3.73
79
85
70
10
2
2
169
178
8
33
0
3
1
1915
BRO
N
6
3
2
2
6.20
13
17
17
0
0
1
24.2
29
0
5
0
3
0
1915
TOT
N
33
24
11
10
4.04
92
102
87
10
2
3
193.2
207
8
38
0
6
1
1916
BRO
N
36
21
13
6
1.58
107
54
36
15
2
5
205
169
2
38
0
3
0
1917
BRO
N
37
29
19
12
2.55
117
84
66
14
2
0
232.2
200
5
60
0
4
0
1918
BRO
N
34
29
9
18
2.64
89
97
70
19
4
0
239
231
7
59
0
3
1
1919
BRO
N
8
7
3
3
2.29
29
17
15
3
0
0
59
54
1
10
0
3
0
1920
BRO
N
28
26
10
7
3.23
89
83
68
10
1
0
189.2
181
5
35
0
5
1
1921
CIN
N
39
36
17
14
3.39
88
123
100
18
2
0
265.2
291
8
50
0
5
7
1922
BOS
N
39
25
11
15
5.09
57
131
112
7
0
1
198
255
12
66
1
3
0
1923
BOS
N
38
29
11
14
3.73
78
127
99
11
3
0
239
265
10
65
0
1
2
1924
BOS
N
6
6
1
2
3.00
10
17
12
1
0
0
36
33
3
13
0
1
1
1925
BOS
N
26
8
2
8
5.75
19
60
46
0
0
0
72
105
5
27
0
1
0
Total
536
407
201
177
3.08
1593
1443
1130
197
30
19
3306.2
3233
107
858
2
81
39
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1908
NY
N
P
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1909
NY
N
P
29
0
0
3
45
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
.923
1910
NY
N
P
13
0
0
0
17
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.895
1911
NY
N
P
45
33
278.1
6
46
4
1
0
1
27
24
5
.929
1912
NY
N
P
43
0
0
2
58
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.984
1913
NY
N
P
42
0
0
4
46
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.962
1914
NY
N
P
39
0
0
5
77
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.965
1915
NY
N
P
27
0
0
6
45
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
.895
1915
BRO
N
P
6
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1915
TOT
N
P
33
0
0
6
51
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
.905
1916
BRO
N
P
36
0
0
4
35
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.951
1917
BRO
N
P
37
0
0
5
47
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
.945
1918
BRO
N
P
34
0
0
5
58
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
.955
1919
BRO
N
P
8
0
0
1
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1920
BRO
N
P
28
0
0
7
30
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1921
CIN
N
P
39
36
264.2
7
51
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1922
BOS
N
P
39
25
198
4
51
4
4
0
1
8
11
0
.932
1923
BOS
N
P
38
0
0
0
58
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
.967
1924
BOS
N
P
6
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1925
BOS
N
P
26
0
0
4
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.909
Total
P
536
94
741
63
697
39
27
0
2
35
35
5
.951
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1908
NY
N
1
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1909
NY
N
29
54
3
8
0
2
.148
.164
.167
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
1910
NY
N
13
27
1
3
0
0
.111
.143
.148
1
0
1
8
0
2
0
0
0
1911
NY
N
45
104
9
17
1
10
.163
.187
.240
1
2
2
23
1
3
0
0
1
1912
NY
N
43
96
14
21
0
8
.219
.279
.240
2
0
7
17
1
9
2
0
0
1913
NY
N
42
105
5
23
0
6
.219
.261
.229
1
0
4
14
2
2
1
0
0
1914
NY
N
39
84
3
15
0
0
.179
.198
.179
0
0
2
15
0
5
0
0
0
1915
NY
N
27
55
3
6
0
3
.109
.140
.109
0
0
1
10
1
2
0
0
0
1915
BRO
N
6
8
0
1
0
0
.125
.125
.125
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1915
TOT
N
33
63
3
7
0
3
.111
.138
.111
0
0
1
10
1
3
0
0
0
1916
BRO
N
36
63
3
9
0
5
.143
.194
.175
0
1
4
17
0
2
1
0
0
1917
BRO
N
37
75
6
15
0
4
.200
.231
.227
2
0
3
13
0
3
1
0
0
1918
BRO
N
34
76
0
13
0
3
.171
.203
.197
2
0
2
14
1
1
0
0
0
1919
BRO
N
8
23
1
6
0
3
.261
.261
.348
2
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
1920
BRO
N
28
59
2
10
0
0
.169
.234
.186
1
0
5
12
0
3
1
0
0
1921
CIN
N
39
95
3
19
0
10
.200
.208
.232
3
0
0
16
1
3
0
0
0
1922
BOS
N
39
63
3
14
0
4
.222
.222
.222
0
0
0
9
0
3
0
0
1
1923
BOS
N
38
86
4
12
0
3
.140
.140
.140
0
0
0
17
0
5
0
0
0
1924
BOS
N
6
11
0
3
0
1
.273
.333
.273
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1925
BOS
N
26
22
3
3
0
2
.136
.136
.182
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Total
536
1107
63
198
1
64
.179
.207
.202
17
3
33
191
7
48
6
0
2
Transactions
Sold by Indianapolis (American Association) to New York Giants for $11000 (July 1, 1908).
Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Robins from New York Giants (August 31, 1915).
Traded by Brooklyn Robins to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Dutch Ruether (December 15, 1920).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Larry Kopf to Boston Braves in exchange for Jack Scott (February 18, 1922).
