How Rube Waddell's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Rube Waddell posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 7.48, below the starting pitcher average of 8.98 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1905, posting 6.33, well below the starting pitcher average of 8.26 that year. The highest point came in 1897 at 10.93, near the starting pitcher average of 10.65 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 7.03 in 1908 to 8.33 in 1909 and 8.45 in 1910. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 13 seasons.
Rube Waddell Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings for Rube Waddell
| Rube Waddell Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 7.48 |
| Season Avg. | 7.48 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 7.48 |
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Rube Waddell Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season
Rube Waddell's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team
Rube Waddell's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rube Waddell Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Rube Waddell's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Rube Waddell Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rube Waddell's seasonal Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings 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 Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rube Waddell's MLB career with Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings 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.