Rube Waddell vs Walter Johnson

Rube Waddell Walter Johnson

Rube Waddell and Walter Johnson compared on their MLB careers: Rube Waddell played 13 seasons, 1897 to 1910, Walter Johnson 21 seasons, 1907 to 1927. Rube Waddell has 193 wins to Walter Johnson's 417. Walter Johnson won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Rube Waddell and Walter Johnson career totals

407	GP	802
193	W	417
143	L	279
2.2	ERA	2.2
2961.1	IP	5914.2
2,316	K	3,509
803	BB	1,363
1.1	WHIP	1.1
5	SV	34

Where each stands all time

Rube Waddell and Walter Johnson all-time places

56th (2,316)	Strikeouts (pitching)	11th (3,509)
136th (193)	Wins (pitching)	2nd (417)

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

Rube Waddell: 0 championships; none on file
Walter Johnson: 1 championship; 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.

Rube Waddell and Walter Johnson season by season

1st	1897	0	1	3.21	1907	5	9	1.88
2nd	1899	7	2	3.08	1908	14	14	1.65
3rd	1900	8	13	2.37	1909	13	25	2.22
4th	1901	14	16	3.01	1910	25	17	1.36
5th	1902	24	7	2.05	1911	25	13	1.90
6th	1903	21	16	2.44	1912	33	12	1.39
7th	1904	25	19	1.62	1913	36	7	1.14
8th	1905	27	10	1.48	1914	28	18	1.72
9th	1906	15	17	2.21	1915	27	13	1.55
10th	1907	19	13	2.15	1916	25	20	1.90
11th	1908	19	14	1.89	1917	23	16	2.21
12th	1909	11	14	2.37	1918	23	13	1.27
13th	1910	3	1	3.55	1919	20	14	1.49
14th	—	—	—	—	1920	8	10	3.13
15th	—	—	—	—	1921	17	14	3.51
16th	—	—	—	—	1922	15	16	2.99
17th	—	—	—	—	1923	17	12	3.48
18th	—	—	—	—	1924	23	7	2.72
19th	—	—	—	—	1925	20	7	3.07
20th	—	—	—	—	1926	15	16	3.63
21st	—	—	—	—	1927	5	6	5.10

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA