Rube Waddell

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Rube Waddell
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Pitcher
Born: October 13, 1876
Bradford , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: April 1, 1914
San Antonio , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Right Threw: Left
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 8,  1897  with the  Louisville Colonels
Last MLB assignment
August 1,  1910  with the  St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Win-loss    193-143
Earned Run Average    2.16
Strikeouts    2,316
Teams

Awards

  • Triple Crown (1905)
  • Pitcher with the most wins in the AL (1905)
  • 2 × pitchers with the lowest ERA (1900, 1905)
  • 6 pitcher with the most strikeouts in the AL (1902–1907)
member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1946
Special selection    Veterans Committee

George Edward "Rube" Waddell (born October 13, 1876 in Bradford , Pennsylvania , † April 1, 1914 in San Antonio , Texas ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball .

biography

Waddell grew up in a farming neighborhood in Pennsylvania. According to his sister, he was often absent from school, but she always found him either playing baseball, fishing, or chasing a fire truck . He played baseball on local teams until he signed a contract with the Louisville Colonels and made his National League debut as a left-handed pitcher on September 8, 1897 . He reached the most strikeouts in his respective league seven times and recorded the most wins in 1905. That year he also won the Triple Crown . His most successful years he had under manager Connie Mack at the Philadelphia Athletics , for which he played from 1902 to 1907.

In 1905 he was able to achieve 26 wins for his team, helping the A's to win the championship in the American League . However, he could not play in the World Series due to an arm injury. Rumors said that bookmakers paid him money not to compete in the series, but he sustained the injury while fooling around with teammate Andy Coakley , which caused him to fall on his limb. After this incident, he was unable to throw for the entire season.

His demeanor on the baseball field wasn't always very conventional either. Sometimes he would leave the team bench during a game to follow passing fire departments to fires. Outside the baseball season, he made money wrestling with alligators. He also struggled with alcohol problems all his life.

In 1910 he ended his career in the major leagues and continued playing in minor league baseball . In 1912, while helping with a flood in Kentucky , he suffered severe health impairments, so that he died on April 1, 1914 at the age of 37 in a sanatorium in San Antonio.

In 1946 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee .

His stations as a player

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personal data
SURNAME Waddell, Rube
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waddell, George Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Bradford , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1914
Place of death San Antonio , Texas