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Rube Walberg

Rube Walberg

1923–1937  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  6'1", 190 lb  ·  b. 1896 Pine City, MN

Career 155–141 · 4.16 ERA · 1,085 SO · 2644.0 IP · 547 G · 162 H · 4 HR · 84 RBI · .179 AVG

Seasons leading his league
3
3 best in baseball
20 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
2 Categories led
1931 Best season

Spanning 1929–1931, peaking at 2 titles in 1931.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons
Team records #6 Athletics career W #6 Athletics career IP #9 Athletics career SO

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,719th League titles 3
  • 897th Best in baseball 3
  • 1,507th Top-5 finishes 20

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

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage 2 1st — 1929 1.000 1931 1.000
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 1931 291.0
Shutouts — #3 — 1932 #3
Strikeouts / 9 — #2 — 1927 #2
Strikeouts — #2 — 1927 #2
Earned Run Average — #2 — 1926 #2

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1931 2 IP 291.0 P FPCT 1.000
1929 1 P FPCT 1.000

Pitching

  led the league   15 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1923 PHA +1 AL 4 8 5.17 28 10 0 120.0 126 69 10 61 39 1.56
1924 PHA AL 0 0 12.86 6 2 0 7.0 10 10 0 10 3 2.86
1925 PHA AL 8 14 3.99 53 20 7 191.2 197 85 11 77 82 1.43
1926 PHA AL 12 10 2.80 40 19 2 151.0 168 47 4 60 72 1.51
1927 PHA AL 16 12 3.93 46 34 4 249.1 257 109 18 91 136 1.40
1928 PHA AL 17 12 3.55 38 30 1 235.2 236 93 19 64 112 1.27
1929 PHA AL 18 11 3.60 40 33 4 267.2 256 107 22 99 94 1.33
1930 PHA AL 13 12 4.69 38 30 1 205.1 207 107 6 85 100 1.42
1931 PHA AL 20 12 3.74 44 35 3 291.0 298 121 16 109 106 1.40
1932 PHA AL 17 10 4.73 41 34 1 272.0 305 143 16 103 96 1.50
1933 PHA AL 9 13 4.88 40 20 4 201.0 224 109 12 95 68 1.59
1934 BOS AL 6 7 4.04 30 10 1 104.2 118 47 5 41 38 1.52
1935 BOS AL 5 9 3.91 44 10 3 142.2 152 62 10 54 44 1.44
1936 BOS AL 5 4 4.40 24 9 0 100.1 98 49 7 36 49 1.34
1937 BOS AL 5 7 5.59 32 11 1 104.2 143 65 7 46 46 1.81
Career — — 155 141 4.16 544 307 32 2644.0 2,795 1,223 163 1,031 1,085 1.45

Batting

15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 PHA +1 AL 28 42 1 13 2 1 0 3 1 18 0 .310 .326 .405 .730
1924 PHA AL 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1925 PHA AL 53 64 6 10 4 0 0 5 0 17 0 .156 .156 .219 .375
1926 PHA AL 40 46 0 7 0 0 0 4 2 13 0 .152 .188 .152 .340
1927 PHA AL 47 87 14 18 3 0 2 10 13 16 1 .207 .310 .310 .620
1928 PHA AL 38 86 10 18 4 0 1 7 3 13 1 .209 .236 .291 .527
1929 PHA AL 40 103 11 23 2 0 1 11 3 17 0 .223 .245 .272 .517
1930 PHA AL 38 73 5 12 2 2 0 9 4 13 0 .164 .208 .247 .454
1931 PHA AL 45 105 6 13 1 1 0 6 5 16 0 .124 .164 .152 .316
1932 PHA AL 41 94 8 16 2 0 0 8 5 16 0 .170 .212 .191 .404
1933 PHA AL 41 68 4 9 3 1 0 6 5 10 0 .132 .192 .206 .398
1934 BOS AL 30 32 2 6 1 0 0 7 1 8 0 .188 .212 .219 .431
1935 BOS AL 44 37 3 6 1 0 0 3 2 10 0 .162 .205 .189 .394
1936 BOS AL 24 32 1 5 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 .156 .206 .156 .362
1937 BOS AL 32 34 7 5 1 0 0 2 2 8 0 .147 .194 .176 .371
Career — — 547 905 78 162 26 5 4 84 48 179 2 .179 .220 .232 .452

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1923 PHA AL P 28 — — 2 35 3 2 40 .925 1.32
1924 PHA AL P 6 — — 0 2 0 0 2 1.000 0.33
1925 PHA AL P 53 — — 10 51 2 0 63 .968 1.15
1926 PHA AL P 40 — — 4 35 4 2 43 .907 0.98
1927 PHA AL P 46 — — 2 62 6 0 70 .914 1.39
1928 PHA AL P 38 — — 9 56 4 3 69 .942 1.71
1929 PHA AL P 40 — — 11 49 0 1 60 1.000 1.50
1930 PHA AL P 38 — — 7 34 3 1 44 .932 1.08
1931 PHA AL P 44 — — 13 52 0 1 65 1.000 1.48
1932 PHA AL P 41 — — 14 55 4 2 73 .945 1.68
1933 PHA AL P 40 — — 14 45 2 1 61 .967 1.48
1934 BOS AL P 30 — — 5 25 2 0 32 .938 1.00
1935 BOS AL P 44 — — 8 23 2 0 33 .939 0.70
1936 BOS AL P 24 — — 8 17 1 2 26 .962 1.04
1937 BOS AL P 32 — — 6 17 4 3 27 .852 0.72
Career — — P 544 — — 113 558 37 18 708 .948 1.23