Rube Waddell

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Major League Baseball pitcher baseball player human

Rube Waddell was an eccentric and dominant early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, famed for his strikeout prowess and colorful, unpredictable behavior on and off the field.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball pitcher ⓘ
baseball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
bats left ⓘ
burialPlace San Antonio, Texas, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1876-10-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1914-04-01 ⓘ
era Dead-ball era ⓘ
surface form: Deadball Era
eraLeaderInStrikeouts American League ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
famousAnecdote known for being distracted by puppies and shiny objects ⓘ
known for leaving games to chase fire trucks ⓘ
finalMLBTeam St. Louis Browns ⓘ
finalMLBYear 1910 ⓘ
fullName George Edward Waddell ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
handedness left-handed pitcher ⓘ
league American League ⓘ
National League ⓘ
managedBy Connie Mack ⓘ
middleName Edward ⓘ
MLBDebutLeague Major League Baseball ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam Louisville Colonels ⓘ
MLBDebutYear 1897 ⓘ
nickname Rube ⓘ
notableFor dominant pitching in the early 1900s ⓘ
eccentric behavior on and off the field ⓘ
exceptional strikeout totals ⓘ
notableTeammate Chief Bender ⓘ
Eddie Plank ⓘ
occupation professional athlete ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath San Antonio, Texas, United States ⓘ
playedFor Chicago Orphans ⓘ
Louisville Colonels ⓘ
Philadelphia Athletics ⓘ
Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
St. Louis Browns ⓘ
positionPlayed pitcher ⓘ
setRecord single-season strikeout leader multiple times in the early 1900s ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
team Philadelphia Athletics pitching staff ace ⓘ
throwingStyle power pitcher with high strikeout rates ⓘ
throws left ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
yearInductedToHallOfFame 1946 ⓘ

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Louisville Colonels → notablePlayer → Rube Waddell ⓘ
Minneapolis Millers → notableAlumnus → Rube Waddell ⓘ