Rube Waddell Strikeouts
Rube Waddell Career Strikeouts Overview
During Rube Waddell's 13-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
300 strikeouts, an average of 23 strikeouts per season. 1897 was his best season
with 1 strikeouts and his worst season was 1907 when he had
38 strikeouts. Rube Waddell is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by Pre-Generational (193.85), SP (121.538), Y (769.398), USA (305.465), and mlb (314.894) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Strikeouts (K) are outs recorded because the player at bat accumulates 3 strikes before putting the ball in play, is walked, or hit by a pitch. Strikes are accumlated by swinging and missing a pitch, not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or by hitting a foul ball. Foul ball strkes however are not counted for a third strike unless the foul results from a bunt or is a foul tip caught by the catcher. Generally, for Strikeouts, lower is better. (Source)
Strikeouts (K) are outs recorded because the player at bat accumulates 3 strikes before putting the ball in play, is walked, or hit by a pitch. Strikes are accumlated by swinging and missing a pitch, not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or by hitting a foul ball. Foul ball strkes however are not counted for a third strike unless the foul results from a bunt or is a foul tip caught by the catcher. Generally, for Strikeouts, lower is better. (Source)