How Rube Waddell's Played Outs Compares to Similar Players

Rube Waddell totaled 8,904 career Played Outs, well above the league average of 6,515.6 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Played Outs season came in 1904, posting 1,149, well below the league average of 1,842.2 that year. The lowest point came in 1897 at 42, well below the league average of 1,602.0 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Played Outs total went from 858 in 1908 to 660 in 1909 and 99 in 1910, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Played Outs profile — ranging from 42 to 1,149 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Rube Waddell Lifetime Played Outs

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Rube Waddell Played Outs Per Season

Rube Waddell's Played Outs 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 Played Outs per season line chart

Rube Waddell Played Outs by Team

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

Rube Waddell Cumulative Played Outs — Career Progression

A running total of Rube Waddell's career Played Outs, 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 Played Outs year-over-year waterfall chart

Rube Waddell Played Outs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rube Waddell's seasonal Played Outs 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 Played Outs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rube Waddell Played Outs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rube Waddell's MLB career with Played Outs 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 Played Outs season-by-season breakdown table