Bio
- Debut
- 1897
Bio
- Debut
- 1897
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 407
- W
- 193
- L
- 143
- ERA
- 2.16
- IP
- 2961.1
- K
- 2,316
- BB
- 803
- WHIP
- 1.10
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | 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. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.21 | 14.0 | 5 | 6 | 1.64 |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3.08 | 79.0 | 44 | 14 | 1.05 |
| 1900 | PIT | 29 | 8 | 13 | 2.37 | 208.2 | 130 | 55 | 1.11 |
| 1901 |  PIT/CHC | 31 | 14 | 16 | 3.01 | 251.1 | 172 | 75 | 1.29 |
| 1902 | ATH | 33 | 24 | 7 | 2.05 | 276.1 | 210 | 64 | 1.04 |
| 1903 | ATH | 39 | 21 | 16 | 2.44 | 324.0 | 302 | 85 | 1.11 |
| 1904 | ATH | 46 | 25 | 19 | 1.62 | 383.0 | 349 | 91 | 1.04 |
| 1905 | ATH | 46 | 27 | 10 | 1.48 | 328.2 | 287 | 90 | 0.98 |
| 1906 | ATH | 43 | 15 | 17 | 2.21 | 272.2 | 196 | 92 | 1.15 |
| 1907 | ATH | 44 | 19 | 13 | 2.15 | 284.2 | 232 | 73 | 1.08 |
| 1908 | BAL | 43 | 19 | 14 | 1.89 | 285.2 | 232 | 90 | 1.10 |
| 1909 | BAL | 31 | 11 | 14 | 2.37 | 220.1 | 141 | 57 | 1.18 |
| 1910 | BAL | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3.55 | 33.0 | 16 | 11 | 1.27 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 261
- SHO
- 50
- K/9
- 7.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1899 | — | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1900 | PIT | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | PIT/CHC | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | ATH | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | ATH | 0 | 34 | 4 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | ATH | 0 | 39 | 8 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | ATH | 0 | 27 | 7 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | ATH | 0 | 22 | 8 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | ATH | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | BAL | 0 | 25 | 5 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | BAL | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Rube Waddell's career stats?
Rube Waddell played 13 seasons for the Pirates, the Athletics and the Orioles. He had 193 wins and 2,316 strikeouts with a 2.16 ERA over 2,961.1 innings. His best season was 1905: 27 wins, a 1.48 ERA and 287 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1897 to 1910
All-time career rank
- 56th in strikeouts (pitching) (2,316)
- 136th in wins (pitching) (193)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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