Rube Marquard

Full Name: Richard William Marquard Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/180 First Game: September 25, 1908 Birthdate: October 9, 1886 Final Game: September 18, 1925 Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio MLB Experience: 18 years Died: June 1, 1980 Deathplace: Baltimore, Maryland Bat/Throw: Both/Left

Biography

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).