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Historical player · 1923–1937

Rube Walberg

B/T L/L · HT 73 · WT 190 · Born 7/27/1896 · From Pine City, MN USA · Debut 1923-04-29 · Final 1937-10-02

Career · batting

547

905

162

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.179 · 0.452

Career · pitching

544

307

2,644.0

W-L

155-141

1,085

ERA

4.16

WHIP

1.45

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Philadelphia Athletics · 1923–1933

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#412 on the Athletics

↑ 1 K. Abbott

↓ 1 A. Wynns

Hits

140

#295 on the Athletics

↑ 1 R. Grossman

↓ 1 J. Gentile

RBI

#265 on the Athletics

↑ 2 D. Baker

↓ 1 J. Gosger

#443 on the Athletics

↑ 1 A. Alcantara

↓ 1 G. Alusik

Runs

#297 on the Athletics

↑ 1 N. Allen

↓ 1 B. Lawrie

#330 on the Athletics

↑ 1 R. Bournigal

↓ 1 M. Guerrero

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1934–1937

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Hits

#700 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 I. Alcantara

↓ 1 H. Wiltse

RBI

#618 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 J. Bailey

↓ 1 H. Winningham

Runs

#665 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 I. Alcantara

#718 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Burda

↓ 1 B. Agbayani

Career with the New York Giants · 1923–1923

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#5,635 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Aberson

↓ 1 J. Zuber

Hits

162

#5,138 all-time MLB

↑ 1 D. Cooper

↓ 1 L. Salazar

RBI

#4,722 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Binder

↓ 1 R. Waddell

#7,016 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abbey

↓ 1 J. Abadie

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1923	Giants	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1923	Athletics	AL	26	41	1	13	2	1	0	3	0	1	18	0.317	—	0.415
1924	Athletics	AL	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.500	—	0.500
1925	Athletics	AL	53	64	6	10	4	0	0	5	0	0	17	0.156	—	0.219
1926	Athletics	AL	40	46	0	7	0	0	0	4	0	2	13	0.152	—	0.152
1927	Athletics	AL	47	87	14	18	3	0	2	10	1	13	16	0.207	—	0.310
1928	Athletics	AL	38	86	10	18	4	0	1	7	1	3	13	0.209	—	0.291
1929	Athletics	AL	40	103	11	23	2	0	1	11	0	3	17	0.223	—	0.272
1930	Athletics	AL	38	73	5	12	2	2	0	9	0	4	13	0.164	—	0.247
1931	Athletics	AL	45	105	6	13	1	1	0	6	0	5	16	0.124	—	0.152
1932	Athletics	AL	41	94	8	16	2	0	0	8	0	5	16	0.170	—	0.191
1933	Athletics	AL	41	68	4	9	3	1	0	6	0	5	10	0.132	—	0.206
1934	Red Sox	AL	30	32	2	6	1	0	0	7	0	1	8	0.188	—	0.219
1935	Red Sox	AL	44	37	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	2	10	0.162	—	0.189
1936	Red Sox	AL	24	32	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	0.156	—	0.156
1937	Red Sox	AL	32	34	7	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	8	0.147	—	0.176
Career			547	905	78	162	26	5	4	84	2	48	179	0.179	0.220	0.232

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1923	Giants	NL	0	0	2	0	0	5.0	4	1	1	1	1.80	1.00
1923	Athletics	AL	4	8	26	10	0	115.0	122	68	60	38	5.32	1.58
1924	Athletics	AL	0	0	6	2	0	7.0	10	10	10	3	12.86	2.86
1925	Athletics	AL	8	14	53	20	7	191.7	197	85	77	82	3.99	1.43
1926	Athletics	AL	12	10	40	19	2	151.0	168	47	60	72	2.80	1.51
1927	Athletics	AL	16	12	46	34	4	249.3	257	109	91	136	3.93	1.40
1928	Athletics	AL	17	12	38	30	1	235.7	236	93	64	112	3.55	1.27
1929	Athletics	AL	18	11	40	33	4	267.7	256	107	99	94	3.60	1.33
1930	Athletics	AL	13	12	38	30	1	205.3	207	107	85	100	4.69	1.42
1931	Athletics	AL	20	12	44	35	3	291.0	298	121	109	106	3.74	1.40
1932	Athletics	AL	17	10	41	34	1	272.0	305	143	103	96	4.73	1.50
1933	Athletics	AL	9	13	40	20	4	201.0	224	109	95	68	4.88	1.59
1934	Red Sox	AL	6	7	30	10	1	104.7	118	47	41	38	4.04	1.52
1935	Red Sox	AL	5	9	44	10	3	142.7	152	62	54	44	3.91	1.44
1936	Red Sox	AL	5	4	24	9	0	100.3	98	49	36	49	4.40	1.34
1937	Red Sox	AL	5	7	32	11	1	104.7	143	65	46	46	5.59	1.81
Career			155	141	544	307	32	2,644.0	2,795	1,223	1,031	1,085	4.16	1.45

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	544	0	0.0	113	558	37	18

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1960	BBWAA	1	202	Ballot
1958	BBWAA	1	200	Ballot