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Rube Waddell

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Rube Waddell

Full name George Edward Waddell
Born October 13, 1876, Bradford, Pennsylvania
Died April 1, 1914, San Antonio, Texas
Buried at Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Texas (Block 5- Lot 182- Grave 2)
First Game: September 8, 1897; Final Game: August 1, 1910
Bat: Right Throw: Left Height: 6' 1.5" Weight: 196
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1946
Ejections: 1906 (1)
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1897 LOU N                    2     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1   0   0        0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1897 LOU N
1899 LOU N                   10    34    2    8   2   0   0    3    0    7   0   0        0  .235  .235  .294   0.0 1899 LOU N
1900 PIT N                   30    81    6   14   2   3   0    9    0   15   1   0        1  .173  .183  .272   0.0 1900 PIT N
1901 PIT N    Daily Splits    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1   0   0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1901 PIT N
1901 CHI N    Daily Splits   30    98   16   25   3   3   2   14    2   22   0   0   0    2  .255  .270  .408   0.1 1901 CHI N
1901 TOT N                   32   101   16   25   3   3   2   14    2   23   0   0   0    2  .248  .262  .396   0.1 1901 TOT N
1902 PHI A    Daily Splits   34   112    8   32   6   2   1   18    4   17   0   1   0    1  .286  .310  .402   0.0 1902 PHI A
1903 PHI A    Daily Splits   39   115    4   14   2   0   0    6    3   36   1   5   0    0  .122  .151  .139   0.0 1903 PHI A
1904 PHI A    Daily Splits   46   139    6   17   3   0   0    6    6   37   1   1   0    0  .122  .164  .144   0.0 1904 PHI A
1905 PHI A    Daily Splits   46   116    4   20   3   1   0   10    4   34   0   6   0    0  .172  .200  .216   0.0 1905 PHI A
1906 PHI A    Daily Splits   43    86    5   14   1   1   0    3    8   32   1   5   0    2  .163  .242  .198   0.0 1906 PHI A
1907 PHI A    Daily Splits   44   101    4   12   2   0   0    3    4   38   0   2   0    0  .119  .152  .139   0.0 1907 PHI A
1908 STL A    Daily Splits   43    91    4   10   4   0   1    8    8   35   1   3   0    0  .110  .190  .187   0.0 1908 STL A
1909 STL A    Daily Splits   31    75    2    5   1   0   0    2    3   23   0   0   0    0  .067  .103  .080   0.0 1909 STL A
1910 STL A    Daily Splits   10     9    0    1   0   0   0    1    0    2   1   0   0    0  .111  .200  .111   0.0 1910 STL A
Total NL ( 4 Years)          74   222   24   47   7   6   2   26    2   46   1   0   0i   3  .212  .222  .324   0.1 Total NL
Total AL ( 9 Years)         336   844   37  125  22   4   2   57   40  254   5  23   0    3  .148  .191  .191   0.0 Total AL
Total    (13 Years) Splits  410  1066   61  172  29  10   4   83   42  300   6  23   0i   6  .161  .197  .219   0.1 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1897 LOU N                    2   1   1   0   1   0   14     17         0    6    5    6    5       0   1   0           0   1   3.21  1.00   0.0 1897 LOU N
1899 LOU N                   10   9   9   1   1   1   79     69         4   38   27   14   44       2   8   0           7   2   3.08  5.33   0.7 1899 LOU N
1900 PIT N                   29  22  16   2   7   0  208.2  176         3   96   55   55  130       2  13   0           8  13   2.37  5.55   1.9 1900 PIT N
1901 PIT N    Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    7.2   10         0   12    8    9    4   0   1   1   0           0   2   9.39  3.50  -0.9 1901 PIT N
1901 CHI N    Daily Splits   29  28  26   0   1   0  243.2  239   982i  5  123   76   66  168  24i  8   9   0  30i 15i 14  14   2.81  4.68   1.8 1901 CHI N
1901 TOT N                   31  30  26   0   1   0  251.1  249   982i  5  135   84   75  172  24i  9  10   0  30i 15i 14  16   3.01  4.60   0.9 1901 TOT N
1902 PHI A    Daily Splits   33  27  26   3   5   0  276.1  224   978i  7   90   63   64  210  18i 10  10   0  40i  5i 24   7   2.05  4.85   5.8 1902 PHI A
1903 PHI A    Daily Splits   39  38  34   4   1   0  324    274  1222i  3  109   88   85  302  30i  9   8   0  47i 13i 21  16   2.44  3.53   1.8 1903 PHI A
1904 PHI A    Daily Splits   46  46  39   8   0   0  383    307  1427i  5  109   69   91  349  28i  8  14   0  47i 13i 25  19   1.62  3.63   4.1 1904 PHI A
1905 PHI A    Daily Splits   46  34  27   7  11   0  328.2  231  1017i  5   86   54   90  287  30i 10  10   2  27i  5i 27  10   1.48  3.97   4.5 1905 PHI A
1906 PHI A    Daily Splits   43  34  22   8   7   0  272.2  221   773i  1   89   67   92  196  18i 10  10   1  22i  1i 15  17   2.21  2.76   1.9 1906 PHI A
1907 PHI A    Daily Splits   44  33  20   7   5   0  284.2  234   711i  2  115   68   73  232  19i  4  15   0  18i  4i 19  13   2.15  3.85   0.2 1907 PHI A
1908 STL A    Daily Splits   43  36  25   5   6   3  285.2  223  1143   0   93   60   90  232  32i  7   8   0  18i  6i 19  14   1.89  3.53   1.5 1908 STL A
1909 STL A    Daily Splits   31  28  16   5   3   0  220.1  204   829   1   78   58   57  141  21i  3   7   0   7i  4i 11  14   2.37  2.68  -0.6 1909 STL A
1910 STL A    Daily Splits   10   2   0   0   6   1   33     31   140   1   19   13   11   16   0i  0   1   0           3   1   3.55  4.00  -0.5 1910 STL A
Total NL ( 4 Years)          72  62  52   3  10   1  553    511   982  12  275  171  150  351  24  13  32   0  30  15  29  32   2.78  4.98   3.5 Total NL
Total AL ( 9 Years)         335 278 209  47  44   4 2408.1 1949  8240  25  788  540  653 1965 196  61  83   3 226  51 164 111   2.02  3.59  18.7 Total AL
Total    (13 Years) Splits  407 340 261  50  54   5 2961.1 2460  9222  37 1063  711  803 2316 220  74 115   3 256  66 193 143   2.16  3.84  22.2 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG
1897 LOU N                P    2                       0    4    0    0   0                1.000
1899 LOU N                P   10                       4   14    2    1                     .900
1900 PIT N                P   29                      12   49    5    1                     .924
1901 PIT N Daily Splits   P    2    2    0     7.2     0    4    1    0   0    0    0i   0  .800
1901 CHI N Daily Splits   P   29   28   26   243.1    32   62    4    0   0    0   39i   0  .959
1901 CHI N               1B    1    0    0             6    0    0    1   0                1.000
1901 TOT N                P   31   30   26   251      32   66    5    0   0    0   39i   0  .951
1902 PHI A Daily Splits   P   33   27   26   276.1    15   64    7    1   0    0   38i   0  .919
1903 PHI A Daily Splits   P   39   38   34   324      17   77    7    3   0    0   32i   0  .931
1904 PHI A Daily Splits   P   46   46   39   383      27  105    9    2   0    0   29    0  .936
1905 PHI A Daily Splits   P   46   34   27   324.2    13   89   15    3   0    0   22i   0  .872
1906 PHI A Daily Splits   P   43   34   22   271.2    15   64    6    0   0    0   29i   0  .929
1907 PHI A Daily Splits   P   44   33   20   284      17   67   12    3   0    0   18i   0  .875
1908 STL A Daily Splits   P   43   36   25   285.2     5   79   10    1   0    0   21i   0  .894
1909 STL A Daily Splits   P   31   28   16   219.2    13   56   11    1   0    0   17i   0  .863
1910 STL A Daily Splits   P   10    2    0    33       0    6    2    0   0    0    0i   0  .750
Total (13 Years) Splits   P  407  308i 235i 2653  i  170  740   91   16   0i   0i 245i   0i .909
Total ( 1 Year )         1B    1    0    0             6    0    0    1   0                1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG
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Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-25-1906(2)  BOX  PHI A  Jack Sheridan       Balls and strikes (Threw glove)

Transaction Information

Signed as a 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 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, Honus Wagner and Patsy Flaherty to Pittsburgh Pirates in
exchange for Jack Chesbro, George Fox, John O'Brien, Art Madison and $25000
(December 8, 1899).

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Milwaukee (American) in exchange for a player to be
named later (July 25, 1900); Pittsburgh Pirates received Bert Husting (July 31,
1900); Rube Waddell 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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