RUBE WADDELL·1903

Twenty-one wins — and three hundred two strikeouts that still read like a dare. A 2.44 ERA over three hundred twenty-four innings. Thirty-four complete games. Philadelphia’s left arm announcing the century with a K cloud. The frames keep the smoke loud.

302 STRIKEOUTS

In 1903 he struck out 302 batters — a K cloud that still reads like a dare.

21 WINS

In 1903 he won 21 games — thirty-four complete games for Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA 1903

In 1903 Rube pitched for Philadelphia — suitcase stamped for Columbia Park.

Rube Waddell, 1905. Photograph by Charles M. Conlon via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (US).