Rube Walberg
1923–1937 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Boston Red Sox, New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics
547G
.179AVG
.220OBP
.232SLG
More career statistics
162H
4HR
84RBI
2SB
155–141W–L
2,644.0IP
1,085K
4.17ERA
306GS
32SV
5Rare 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 | 905 | 904 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Doubles | 26 | 25 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,005 | 1,003 |
| Batting · RBI | 84 | 87 |
| Batting · Walks | 48 | 47 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 11,531 | 11,527 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,224 | 1,216 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,795 | 2,793 |
| Pitching · p hr | 163 | 164 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,932 | 7,926 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,085 | 1,090 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,425 | 1,421 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,031 | 1,029 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 547 | 1,005 | 905 | 78 | 162 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 84 | 48 | 179 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 210 | .179 | .220 | .232 | .452 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,644.0 | 544 | 306 | 139 | 155 | 141 | 32 | 2,795 | 1,425 | 1,224 | 163 | 1,031 | 1,085 | 0 | 0 | 4.17 | 1.447 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1927-04-14 to 1927-04-28
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1923-09-26 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1933-10-01 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1930-06-13 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 257 | 477 | 85 | 0 | 47 | 26 | 78 | .200 | .233 | .239 |
| Away | 290 | 526 | 77 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 101 | .161 | .186 | .224 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 50 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | .171 | .253 | .232 |
| May | 95 | 170 | 23 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 29 | .151 | .182 | .230 |
| June | 100 | 197 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 33 | .156 | .193 | .202 |
| July | 103 | 187 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 30 | .186 | .214 | .240 |
| August | 107 | 185 | 32 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 33 | .184 | .200 | .218 |
| September | 87 | 161 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 36 | .228 | .236 | .269 |
| October | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .167 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 104 | 147 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 33 | .162 | .184 | .191 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 89 | 193 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 28 | .207 | .233 | .270 |
| cleveland-guardians | 81 | 157 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 33 | .172 | .204 | .234 |
| st-louis-browns | 78 | 176 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 32 | .150 | .193 | .188 |
| detroit-tigers | 73 | 133 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 24 | .191 | .218 | .235 |
| chicago-white-sox | 67 | 128 | 26 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 18 | .234 | .266 | .324 |
| boston-red-sox | 42 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .119 | .123 | .153 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics | 28 | 42 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .310 | 118 | 39 |
| 1924 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | 7 | 6 |
| 1925 | Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 64 | 10 | – | 6 | – | .156 | 191 | 81 |
| 1926 | Philadelphia Athletics | 40 | 46 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .152 | 151 | 72 |
| 1927 | Philadelphia Athletics | 47 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .207 | 249 | 137 |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 86 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .209 | 235 | 113 |
| 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics | 40 | 103 | 23 | 1 | 12 | – | .223 | 267 | 94 |
| 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 73 | 12 | – | 9 | – | .164 | 205 | 99 |
| 1931 | Philadelphia Athletics | 45 | 105 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .124 | 291 | 108 |
| 1932 | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 94 | 16 | – | 8 | – | .170 | 272 | 95 |
| 1933 | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 68 | 9 | – | 6 | – | .132 | 201 | 69 |
| 1934 |  Boston Red Sox | 30 | 32 | 6 | – | 7 | – | .188 | 104 | 38 |
| 1935 | Boston Red Sox | 44 | 37 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .162 | 142 | 44 |
| 1936 | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 32 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .156 | 100 | 49 |
| 1937 | Boston Red Sox | 32 | 34 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .147 | 104 | 46 |