Rube Walberg Stats

Rube Walberg was born on Monday, July 27, 1896, in Pine City, Minnesota. Walberg was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 29, 1923, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rube Walberg baseball stats page.

"I hate both of them (Joe Cronin and Ty Cobb)... Enough said!" - Rube Walberg

Birth Name:	George Elvin Walberg
Nickname:	Rube
Born On:	07-27-1896 (Leo)
Born In:	Pine City, Minnesota
Died On:	10-27-1978 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Tempe, Arizona
Cemetery:	Cremated (Ashes Scattered in Canyon Lake)

High School:	Seattle High School (Seattle, WA)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Left
Height:	6-01�	Weight:	190
First Game:	04-29-1923 (Age 26)
Last Game:	10-02-1937
Draft:	Not Applicable

Rube Walberg Rube Walberg Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1923	27	Giants	2	0	0	0	0	.000	1.80	0	0	0	5.0	20	4	1	2	0	1	-	1	0	0	0	-
1923	27	Athletics	26	10	10	4	8	.333	5.32	4	0	0	115.0	514	122	68	77	10	60	-	38	1	2	0	-
1924	28	Athletics	6	2	2	0	0	.000	12.86	0	0	0	7.0	40	10	10	10	0	10	-	3	1	0	0	-
1925	29	Athletics	53	20	23	8	14	.364	3.99	7	0	7	191.2	829	197	85	99	11	77	-	82	5	2	2	-
1926	30	Athletics	40	19	8	12	10	.545	2.80	5	2	2	151.0	653	168	47	67	4	60	-	72	1	6	0	-
1927	31	Athletics	46	34	11	16	12	.571	3.93	15	0	4	249.1	1,079	257	109	139	18	91	-	136	2	4	0	-
1928	32	Athletics	38	30	6	17	12	.586	3.55	15	3	1	235.2	993	236	93	111	19	64	-	112	1	3	0	-
1929	33	Athletics	40	33	6	18	11	.621	3.60	20	3	4	267.2	1,139	256	107	115	22	99	-	94	4	0	0	-
1930	34	Athletics	38	30	4	13	12	.520	4.69	12	2	1	205.1	898	207	107	121	6	85	-	100	4	2	0	-
1931	35	Athletics	44	35	8	20	12	.625	3.74	19	1	3	291.0	1,248	298	121	133	16	109	-	106	3	0	0	-
1932	36	Athletics	41	34	4	17	10	.630	4.73	19	3	1	272.0	1,203	305	143	159	16	103	-	96	5	0	0	-
1933	37	Athletics	40	20	15	9	13	.409	4.88	10	1	4	201.0	920	224	109	132	12	95	-	68	5	1	0	-
1934	38	Red Sox	30	10	11	6	7	.462	4.04	2	0	1	104.2	468	118	47	62	5	41	-	38	3	1	0	-
1935	39	Red Sox	44	10	17	5	9	.357	3.91	4	0	3	142.2	622	152	62	71	10	54	-	44	1	2	0	-
1936	40	Red Sox	24	9	7	5	4	.556	4.40	5	0	0	100.1	424	98	49	53	7	36	-	49	0	1	0	-
1937	41	Red Sox	32	11	13	5	7	.417	5.59	3	0	1	104.2	488	143	65	72	7	46	-	46	4	3	0	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
15 Years			544	307	145	155	141	.524	4.16	140	15	32	2,644.0	11,538	2,795	1,223	1,423	163	1,031	-	1,085	40	27	2	-

Rube Walberg Rube Walberg Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1923	27	Giants	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	.000	.000	.000
1923	27	Athletics	26	41	1	13	2	1	0	0	3	1	-	18	3	-	0	-	.317	.333	.415
1924	28	Athletics	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	.500	.500	.500
1925	29	Athletics	53	64	6	10	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	17	0	-	0	-	.156	.156	.219
1926	30	Athletics	40	46	0	7	0	0	0	0	4	2	-	13	5	-	0	-	.152	.188	.152
1927	31	Athletics	47	87	14	18	3	0	2	0	10	13	-	16	2	-	0	-	.207	.310	.310
1928	32	Athletics	38	86	10	18	4	0	1	0	7	3	-	13	3	-	0	-	.209	.236	.291
1929	33	Athletics	40	103	11	23	2	0	1	0	11	3	-	17	6	-	0	-	.223	.245	.272
1930	34	Athletics	38	73	5	12	2	2	0	0	9	4	-	13	3	-	0	-	.164	.208	.247
1931	35	Athletics	45	105	6	13	1	1	0	0	6	5	-	16	4	-	0	-	.124	.164	.152
1932	36	Athletics	41	94	8	16	2	0	0	0	8	5	-	16	9	-	0	-	.170	.212	.191
1933	37	Athletics	41	68	4	9	3	1	0	0	6	5	-	10	7	-	0	-	.132	.192	.206
1934	38	Red Sox	30	32	2	6	1	0	0	0	7	1	-	8	1	-	0	-	.188	.212	.219
1935	39	Red Sox	44	37	3	6	1	0	0	0	3	2	-	10	3	-	0	-	.162	.205	.189
1936	40	Red Sox	24	32	1	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	-	3	3	-	0	-	.156	.206	.156
1937	41	Red Sox	32	34	7	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	-	8	3	-	0	-	.147	.194	.176
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
15 Years			547	905	78	162	26	5	4	0	84	48	0	179	52	0	0	-	.179	.220	.232

Rube Walberg Rube Walberg Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1923 Giants	P	2	0	15	1	0.5	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.80
1923 Athletics	P	26	10	345	39	1.5	36	2	34	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	2.82
1924 Athletics	P	6	2	21	2	0.3	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.57
1925 Athletics	P	53	20	575	63	1.2	61	10	51	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	2.86
1926 Athletics	P	40	19	453	43	1.1	39	4	35	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.907	2.32
1927 Athletics	P	46	34	748	70	1.5	64	2	62	6	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.914	2.31
1928 Athletics	P	38	30	707	69	1.8	65	9	56	4	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.942	2.48
1929 Athletics	P	40	33	803	60	1.5	60	11	49	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.02
1930 Athletics	P	38	30	616	44	1.2	41	7	34	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.932	1.80
1931 Athletics	P	44	35	873	65	1.5	65	13	52	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.01
1932 Athletics	P	41	34	816	73	1.8	69	14	55	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.945	2.28
1933 Athletics	P	40	20	603	61	1.5	59	14	45	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	2.64
1934 Red Sox	P	30	10	314	32	1.1	30	5	25	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	2.58
1935 Red Sox	P	44	10	428	33	0.8	31	8	23	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.939	1.96
1936 Red Sox	P	24	9	301	26	1.1	25	8	17	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	2.24
1937 Red Sox	P	32	11	314	27	0.8	23	6	17	4	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.852	1.98
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		544	307	7,932	708	1.3	671	113	558	37	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	.948	2.28
15 Years		544	307	7,932	708	1.3	671	113	558	37	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	.948	2.28

Rube Walberg Rube Walberg Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1923 Giants	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.00	1.80	1.80
1923 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.3	13.7	0.63	2.97	4.70
1924 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.30	3.86	12.86
1925 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.8	12.8	1.06	3.85	3.62
1926 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.5	11.5	1.20	4.29	3.58
1927 Athletics	1	0	1.000	1	0	n/a	43.5	5.4	8.7	1.49	4.91	3.28
1928 Athletics	1	0	1.000	0	0	n/a	86.0	6.6	12.3	1.75	4.28	2.44
1929 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	103.0	6.1	9.4	0.95	3.16	3.33
1930 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	5.6	8.1	1.18	4.38	3.73
1931 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	1	n/a	0.0	6.6	17.5	0.97	3.28	3.37
1932 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	5.9	11.8	0.93	3.18	3.41
1933 Athletics	0	1	.000	1	0	n/a	0.0	6.8	11.3	0.72	3.04	4.25
1934 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.0	4.6	0.93	3.27	3.53
1935 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.7	12.3	0.81	2.78	3.41
1936 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	10.7	10.7	1.36	4.40	3.23
1937 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.3	17.0	1.00	3.96	3.96
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
15 Years	2	1	.667	2	1	n/a	226.3	5.1	10.8	1.05	3.69	3.51

Rube Walberg Rube Walberg Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1923 New York Giants	n/a	$3,000.00	n/a	-
1923 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	" "	n/a	-
1924 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	$4,000.00	n/a	-
1925 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	$4,000.00	n/a	-
1926 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	$5,000.00	n/a	-
1927 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	$6,000.00	n/a	-
1928 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	$7,500.00	n/a	-
1929 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	$8,000.00	n/a	Stats
1930 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	$12,000.00	n/a	Stats
1931 Philadelphia Athletics	12	$10,000.00	n/a	Stats
1932 Philadelphia Athletics	12	$10,000.00	n/a	-
1933 Philadelphia Athletics	12	$6,000.00	-	-
1934 Boston Red Sox	15	$7,000.00	-	-
1935 Boston Red Sox	15	$7,000.00	-	-
1936 Boston Red Sox	15	$6,000.00	-	-
1937 Boston Red Sox	15	$7,500.00	-	-
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