Rube Waddell

George Edward Waddell (October 13, 1876 – April 1, 1914) was an American southpaw pitcher in Major League Baseball. In his thirteen-year career he played for the Louisville Colonels (1897, 1899), Pittsburgh Pirates (1900–01) and Chicago Orphans (1901) in the National League, and the Philadelphia Athletics (1902–07) and St. Louis Browns (1908–10) in the American League. Waddell earned the nickname "Rube" because he was a big, fresh kid. The term was commonly used to refer to hayseeds or farmboys. He was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania.

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Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1897	LOU	0-1	3.21	2	1	1	0	0	14	17	6	5	6	5
1899	LOU	7-2	3.08	10	9	9	1	1	79	69	38	27	14	44
1900	PIT	8-13	2.37	29	22	16	2	0	208	176	96	55	55	130
1901	CHC	14-14	2.81	29	28	26	0	0	243	239	123	76	66	168
1901	PIT	0-2	9.39	2	2	0	0	0	7	10	12	8	9	4
1902	PHA	24-7	2.05	33	27	26	3	0	276	224	90	63	64	210
1903	PHA	21-16	2.44	39	38	34	4	0	324	274	109	88	85	302
1904	PHA	25-19	1.62	46	46	39	8	0	383	307	109	69	91	349
1905	PHA	27-10	1.48	46	34	27	7	0	328	231	86	54	90	287
1906	PHA	15-17	2.21	43	34	22	8	0	272	221	89	67	92	196
1907	PHA	19-13	2.15	44	33	20	7	0	284	234	115	68	73	232
1908	SLB	19-14	1.89	43	36	25	5	3	285	223	93	60	90	232
1909	SLB	11-14	2.37	31	28	16	5	0	220	204	78	58	57	141
1910	SLB	3-1	3.55	10	2	0	0	1	33	31	19	13	11	16
Career		193-143	-	407	340	261	50	5	-	2460	1063	711	803	2316

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Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1897	LOU	2	-	0	4	0	0	1.000
1899	LOU	10	-	4	14	2	1	0.900
1900	PIT	30	-	12	49	5	1	0.924
1901	CHC	30	-	38	62	4	1	0.962
1901	PIT	2	-	0	4	1	0	0.800
1902	PHA	34	-	15	64	7	1	0.919
1903	PHA	39	-	17	77	7	3	0.931
1904	PHA	46	-	27	105	9	2	0.936
1905	PHA	46	-	13	89	15	3	0.872
1906	PHA	43	-	15	64	6	0	0.929
1907	PHA	44	-	17	67	12	3	0.875
1908	SLB	43	-	5	79	10	1	0.894
1909	SLB	31	-	13	56	11	1	0.863
1910	SLB	10	-	0	6	2	0	0.750
Career		410	-	176	740	91	17	-

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Major League batting statistics for Rube Waddell.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG
1897	LOU	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1899	LOU	10	34	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0.235	0.235	0.294
1900	PIT	30	81	6	14	2	3	0	9	1	0	0.173	0.183	0.272
1901	CHC	30	98	16	25	3	3	2	14	2	2	0.255	0.270	0.408
1901	PIT	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1902	PHA	34	112	8	32	6	2	1	18	1	4	0.286	0.310	0.402
1903	PHA	39	115	4	14	2	0	0	6	0	3	0.122	0.151	0.139
1904	PHA	46	139	6	17	3	0	0	6	0	6	0.122	0.164	0.144
1905	PHA	46	116	4	20	3	1	0	10	0	4	0.172	0.200	0.216
1906	PHA	43	86	5	14	1	1	0	3	2	8	0.163	0.242	0.198
1907	PHA	44	101	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	4	0.119	0.152	0.139
1908	SLB	43	91	4	10	4	0	1	8	0	8	0.110	0.190	0.187
1909	SLB	31	75	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	3	0.067	0.103	0.080
1910	SLB	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.111	0.200	0.111
Career		410	1066	61	172	29	10	4	83	6	42	-	-	-

First Name	George
Middle Name	Edward
Last Name	Waddell
Full Name at Birth	George Edward Waddell
Age	37 (age at death)
Date of Birth	October 13, 1876
Birthplace	Bradford, PA
Date of Death	April 1, 1914
Location of Death	San Antonio, TX
Buried	Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, TX
Height	6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight	196 lbs (88.9 kg)
Star Sign	Libra
Nationality	American
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	8 September 1897
Last MLB Game	1 August 1910
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1946.

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