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Bob Rush

Bob Rush

1948–1960 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'4", 205 lb · b. 1925 Battle Creek, MI

Career 127–152 · 3.65 ERA · 1,244 SO · 2410.2 IP · 420 G · 140 H · 4 HR · 49 RBI · .173 AVG

Seasons leading his league

3

1 best in baseball 2 league only

24 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

2 Categories led

1950 Best season

Spanning 1950–1954, peaking at 1 titles in 1950.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,719th League titles 3
1,857th Best in baseball 1
1,225th Top-5 finishes 24

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

177th Pitcher Putouts 171
278th Innings Pitched 2410.2
319th Pitcher Assists 428
330th Complete Games 118
352nd Shutouts 16
372nd Strikeouts 1,244
395th Wins 127
437th Pitcher Range Factor 1.44

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Pitcher Range Factor	2	1st	—	1950 NL 1.92 1954 NL 2.09 1952 #3 1955 #3
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1953 1.000 1955 #3
Pitcher Putouts	—	#2	—	1949 #2 1950 #3
Pitcher Assists	—	#3	—	1954 #3
Strikeouts / 9	—	#2	—	1951 #2
Walks + Hits / IP	—	#3	—	1952 #3
Strikeouts	—	#2	—	1952 #2
Wins	—	#3	—	1952 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1954	1	P RF 2.09
1953	1	P FPCT 1.000
1950	1	P RF 1.92

Pitching

13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1948	CHN	NL	5	11	3.92	36	16	0	133.1	153	58	8	37	72	1.43
1949	CHN	NL	10	18	4.07	35	27	4	201.0	197	91	10	79	80	1.37
1950	CHN	NL	13	20	3.71	39	34	1	254.2	261	105	11	93	93	1.39
1951	CHN	NL	11	12	3.83	37	29	2	211.1	212	90	16	68	129	1.32
1952	CHN	NL	17	13	2.70	34	32	0	250.1	205	75	14	81	157	1.14
1953	CHN	NL	9	14	4.54	29	28	0	166.2	177	84	17	66	84	1.46
1954	CHN	NL	13	15	3.77	33	32	0	236.1	213	99	12	103	124	1.34
1955	CHN	NL	13	11	3.50	33	33	0	234.0	204	91	19	73	130	1.18
1956	CHN	NL	13	10	3.19	32	32	0	239.2	210	85	30	59	104	1.12
1957	CHN	NL	6	16	4.38	31	29	0	205.1	211	100	16	66	103	1.35
1958	ML1	NL	10	6	3.42	28	20	0	147.1	142	56	13	31	84	1.17
1959	ML1	NL	5	6	2.40	31	9	0	101.1	102	27	5	23	64	1.23
1960	ML1 +1	NL	2	0	4.91	19	0	1	29.1	40	16	6	10	20	1.70
Career	—	—	127	152	3.65	417	321	8	2410.2	2,327	977	177	789	1,244	1.29

Batting

13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1948	CHN	NL	38	39	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	.128	.128	.154	.282
1949	CHN	NL	35	63	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	19	0	.032	.047	.032	.079
1950	CHN	NL	40	90	6	15	2	0	1	5	3	36	1	.167	.194	.222	.416
1951	CHN	NL	37	68	5	13	2	0	0	2	1	20	0	.191	.203	.221	.423
1952	CHN	NL	34	96	5	28	5	1	0	15	1	35	0	.292	.299	.365	.664
1953	CHN	NL	29	54	2	6	0	1	0	5	3	23	0	.111	.158	.148	.306
1954	CHN	NL	33	83	6	23	4	1	2	9	3	23	0	.277	.302	.422	.724
1955	CHN	NL	33	82	6	9	2	0	1	5	6	40	0	.110	.170	.171	.341
1956	CHN	NL	32	82	6	8	1	0	0	2	6	37	0	.098	.159	.110	.269
1957	CHN	NL	31	69	3	14	3	0	0	3	3	26	0	.203	.236	.246	.482
1958	ML1	NL	28	45	2	9	1	0	0	1	3	14	0	.200	.245	.222	.467
1959	ML1	NL	31	32	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	.188	.188	.188	.375
1960	ML1 +1	NL	19	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100
Career	—	—	420	807	50	140	21	3	4	49	31	298	1	.173	.204	.222	.426

Fielding

1 position

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1948	CHN	NL	P	36	—	—	3	31	3	0	37	.919	0.94
1949	CHN	NL	P	35	—	—	17	37	2	1	56	.964	1.54
1950	CHN	NL	P	39	—	—	24	51	1	4	76	.987	1.92
1951	CHN	NL	P	37	—	—	18	39	5	2	62	.919	1.54
1952	CHN	NL	P	34	—	—	13	54	4	4	71	.944	1.97
1953	CHN	NL	P	29	—	—	13	28	0	3	41	1.000	1.41
1954	CHN	NL	P	33	32	236.1	15	54	3	4	72	.958	2.09
1955	CHN	NL	P	33	33	234.0	16	43	1	1	60	.983	1.79
1956	CHN	NL	P	32	32	239.2	14	34	2	2	50	.960	1.50
1957	CHN	NL	P	31	29	205.1	15	25	3	1	43	.930	1.29
1958	ML1	NL	P	28	20	147.1	12	14	1	1	27	.963	0.93
1959	ML1	NL	P	31	9	101.1	9	13	3	0	25	.880	0.71
1960	ML1	NL	P	19	0	29.1	2	5	0	1	7	1.000	0.37
Career	—	—	P	417	155	1193.1	171	428	28	24	627	.955	1.44