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.
Statistics[]
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
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
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
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).
