How Rube Waddell's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Rube Waddell totaled 11,717 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 1904, posting 1,496, well above the starting pitcher average of 824.5 that year. The lowest point came in 1897 at 64, well below the starting pitcher average of 568.5 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 1,143 in 1908 to 829 in 1909 and 140 in 1910, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 64 to 1,496 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Rube Waddell Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Rube Waddell
| Rube Waddell
Batters Faced | Rube Waddell
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 11717 | 35.61 |
| Season Avg. | 901.31 | 35.61 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4663.77 | 35.61 |
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Rube Waddell Batters Faced Per Season
Rube Waddell's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rube Waddell Batters Faced by Team
Rube Waddell's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rube Waddell Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Rube Waddell's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Rube Waddell Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rube Waddell's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rube Waddell Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rube Waddell's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
