Joe Wood vs Rube Waddell

Joe WoodRube Waddell

Joe Wood and Rube Waddell compared on their MLB careers: Joe Wood played 11 seasons, 1908 to 1920, Rube Waddell 13 seasons, 1897 to 1910. Joe Wood has 116 wins to Rube Waddell's 193. Joe Wood won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Joe Wood and Rube Waddell career totals
225GP407
116W193
57L143
2.0ERA2.2
1436.1IP2961.1
989K2,316
421BB803
1.1WHIP1.1
11SV5

Where each stands all time

Joe Wood and Rube Waddell all-time places
—Strikeouts (pitching)56th (2,316)
—Wins (pitching)136th (193)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Joe Wood: 3 championships; none on file
  • Rube Waddell: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Joe Wood and Rube Waddell season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1908112.381897013.21
2nd19091172.181899723.08
3rd191012131.6819008132.37
4th191123172.02190114163.01
5th19123451.9119022472.05
6th19131152.29190321162.44
7th1914932.62190425191.62
8th19151551.49190527101.48
9th1917013.45190615172.21
10th1919000.00190719132.15
11th19200022.50190819141.89
12th————190911142.37
13th————1910313.55

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA