How Rube Waddell's Base Runs Compares to Similar Players

Rube Waddell totaled 50 career Base Runs, well below the league average of 252.0 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Base Runs season came in 1902, posting 14, well below the league average of 34.0 that year. The lowest point came in 1897 at 0, well below the league average of 42.6 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Base Runs total went from 4 in 1908 to 1 in 1909 and 0 in 1910, falling over the span. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Base Runs profile — ranging from 0 to 14 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Rube Waddell Lifetime Base Runs

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Rube Waddell Base Runs Per Season

Rube Waddell's Base Runs 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 Base Runs per season line chart

Rube Waddell Base Runs by Team

Rube Waddell's career Base Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rube Waddell career Base Runs by team bar chart

Rube Waddell Cumulative Base Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Rube Waddell's career Base Runs, 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 Base Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Rube Waddell Base Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rube Waddell's seasonal Base Runs 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 Base Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rube Waddell Base Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rube Waddell's MLB career with Base Runs 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.
Rube Waddell Base Runs season-by-season breakdown table