Catching Hall Of Fame Pitchers


Rube Waddell's Battery Mates


Rube Waddell pitched for Louisville (NL) 1897-1899; Pittsburgh (NL) 1900-1901; Chicago (NL) 1901; Philadelphia (AL) 1902-1907; and St. Louis (AL) 1908-1910. He pitched in 407 games, made 340 starts, had 261 complete games, and pitched 50 shutouts. All of Waddell's's shutouts were with one catcher.

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT RUBE WADDELL'S STARTS

Ossee Schreckengost 198   Pop Schriver 3
Jim Stephens 26   Claude Berry 2
Tubby Spencer 23   Farmer Steelman 2
Chief Zimmer 21   Bert Blue 1
Mike Kahoe 16   Jim Byrnes 1
Mike Powers 11   Frank Chance 1
Johnny Kling 10   Charlie Dexter 1
Syd Smith 10   Jiggs Donahue 1
Lou Criger 6   Pete Noonan 1
Tacks Latimer 6      

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT RUBE WADDELL'S SHUTOUTS

Ossee Schreckengost 37   Chief Zimmer 2
Jim Stephens 5   Tacks Latimer 1
Tubby Spencer 4   Syd Smith 1




Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR



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