Rube Waddell
1897–1910 · bats R / throws L · Chicago Cubs, Louisville Colonels, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns
410G
.161AVG
.197OBP
.219SLG
More career statistics
172H
4HR
83RBI
6SB
193–143W–L
2,961.1IP
2,316K
2.16ERA
340GS
5SV
18Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,066 | 1,061 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,137 | 1,133 |
| Batting · RBI | 83 | 79 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 6 | 5 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 11,717 | 10,782 |
| Pitching · p er | 711 | 575 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,460 | 2,465 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,884 | 8,861 |
| Pitching · p k | 2,316 | 2,328 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,063 | 1,075 |
| Pitching · p w | 803 | 812 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 410 | 1,137 | 1,066 | 61 | 172 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 83 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 233 | .161 | .197 | .219 | .416 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,961.3 | 407 | 340 | 261 | 193 | 143 | 5 | 2,460 | 1,063 | 711 | 37 | 803 | 2,316 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 1.102 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1901-08-17 to 1902-07-09
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1905-08-18 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1902-07-01 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1902-08-11 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 206 | 538 | 80 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 114 | .159 | .191 | .217 |
| Away | 204 | 595 | 92 | 1 | 37 | 19 | 124 | .165 | .187 | .222 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 31 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | .162 | .190 | .162 |
| May | 67 | 194 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 42 | .158 | .196 | .209 |
| June | 74 | 204 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 49 | .123 | .162 | .155 |
| July | 77 | 215 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 34 | .211 | .237 | .271 |
| August | 80 | 223 | 37 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 38 | .176 | .197 | .276 |
| September | 68 | 188 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 48 | .124 | .138 | .189 |
| October | 13 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .241 | .233 | .276 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 57 | 159 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 34 | .161 | .189 | .181 |
| detroit-tigers | 52 | 138 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | .185 | .225 | .246 |
| boston-red-sox | 48 | 130 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 38 | .133 | .185 | .192 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 47 | 120 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 18 | .127 | .150 | .145 |
| cleveland-guardians | 43 | 127 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 25 | .108 | .150 | .135 |
| st-louis-browns | 38 | 105 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | .162 | .190 | .253 |
| new-york-yankees | 33 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | .154 | .159 | .167 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 17 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .178 | .174 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Louisville Colonels | 2 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 14 | 5 |
| 1899 | Louisville Colonels | 10 | 33 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .242 | 79 | 44 |
| 1900 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 30 | 81 | 14 | – | 9 | – | .173 | 208 | 130 |
| 1901 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 32 | 101 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 2 | .248 | 251 | 173 |
| 1902 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 34 | 112 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 1 | .286 | 276 | 210 |
| 1903 | Philadelphia Athletics | 39 | 114 | 14 | – | 6 | – | .123 | 324 | 302 |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics | 46 | 138 | 17 | – | 6 | – | .123 | 383 | 349 |
| 1905 | Philadelphia Athletics | 46 | 116 | 20 | – | 6 | – | .172 | 324 | 287 |
| 1906 | Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 85 | 14 | – | 3 | 2 | .165 | 271 | 205 |
| 1907 | Philadelphia Athletics | 44 | 100 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .120 | 283 | 231 |
| 1908 |  St. Louis Browns | 43 | 91 | 10 | 1 | 9 | – | .110 | 285 | 234 |
| 1909 | St. Louis Browns | 31 | 75 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .067 | 219 | 142 |
| 1910 | St. Louis Browns | 10 | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .111 | 33 | 16 |