What years did Rube Bressler play?

Rube Bressler played in Major League Baseball from 1914 to 1932.

Was Rube Bressler a pitcher?

Both. Rube Bressler pitched in 107 games, going 26-32 with a 3.4 ERA, but spent most of his career as an Outfielder.

How many home runs did Rube Bressler hit?

Rube Bressler hit 32 career home runs with 1,170 hits.

What teams did Rube Bressler play for?

Rube Bressler played for 5 teams: the Philadelphia Athletics (1914–1916), the Cincinnati Reds (1917–1927), the Brooklyn Robins (1928–1931), the Philadelphia Phillies (1932), and the St. Louis Cardinals (1932).

What were Rube Bressler's career stats?

In 1,305 games, Rube Bressler had 1,170 hits, 32 home runs, 586 RBI, 544 runs, and 47 stolen bases, with a .301 batting average. As a pitcher, in 107 games, he went 26-32 with a 3.40 ERA, 229 strikeouts, 540.0 innings pitched, and 2 saves.

What position did Rube Bressler play?

Rube Bressler played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Rube Bressler and how much did he weigh?

Rube Bressler was listed at 6 feet and 187 pounds.

How many home runs did Rube Bressler hit each season?

Rube Bressler's home runs by season: 0 in 1914, 1 in 1915, 0 in 1916, 0 in 1917, 0 in 1918, 2 in 1919, 0 in 1920, 1 in 1921, 0 in 1922, 0 in 1923, 4 in 1924, 4 in 1925, 1 in 1926, 3 in 1927, 4 in 1928, 9 in 1929, 3 in 1930, 0 in 1931, and 0 in 1932. His most in one season was 9, in 1929.

What was Rube Bressler's career batting average?

Rube Bressler batted .301 over his career, with 1,170 hits in 3,881 at bats.

How many RBI did Rube Bressler have?

Rube Bressler drove in 586 runs in his career.

What was Rube Bressler's career ERA?

Rube Bressler finished with a 3.40 career ERA, going 26-32 with 229 strikeouts.

Is Rube Bressler in the Hall of Fame?

No. Rube Bressler has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rube Bressler

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1914-1932)

Rube Bressler was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1914 to 1932 for 5 teams, including the Philadelphia Athletics, a span of 19 seasons. In 1,305 career games, he hit .301 with 1,170 hits, 32 home runs, and 586 RBI. He also pitched in 107 games, going 26-32 with a 3.40 ERA. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 6,801.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 17, 2026

AVG .301

HR 32

RBI 586

H 1,170

OPS .791

PIV 6,801

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 187 lb
Born: 10/23/1894 in Coder, PA, USA
Died: 11/7/1966 in Mount Washington, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1914-04-24
Last Game: 1932-07-18

Full name: Raymond Bloom Bressler

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Career Batting Statistics

Rube Bressler — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,305	3,881	544	1,170	164	87	32	586	47	449	246	.301	.378	.413	.791	6,801

Career AVG .301 vs. league average .274 across their career seasons — +9.9% above league average.

Career OBP .378 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — +12.2% above league average.

Career SLG .413 vs. league average .378 across their career seasons — +9.4% above league average.

Career OPS .791 vs. league average .715 across their career seasons — +10.7% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Rube Bressler Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1914	PHA	AL	29	51	6	11	1	1	0	4	0	6	7	.216	.255 (-15%)	.322 (-4%)	.339 (-19%)	.661 (-12%)	-74.6
1915	PHA	AL	33	55	9	8	0	1	1	4	0	9	13	.145	.250 (-42%)	.318 (-13%)	.332 (-29%)	.651 (-21%)	-150.7
1916	PHA	AL	4	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1917	CIN	NL	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1918	CIN	NL	23	62	10	17	5	0	0	6	0	5	4	.274	.255 (+7%)	.318 (+3%)	.326 (+9%)	.645 (+6%)	48.4
1919	CIN	NL	61	165	22	34	3	4	2	17	2	23	15	.206	.262 (-21%)	.322 (-4%)	.347 (-11%)	.670 (-8%)	-151.2
1920	CIN	NL	21	30	4	8	1	0	0	3	1	1	4	.267	—	—	—	—	0.0
1921	CIN	NL	109	323	41	99	18	6	1	54	5	39	20	.307	.286 (+7%)	.344 (+12%)	.395 (+3%)	.739 (+7%)	553.4
1922	CIN	NL	52	53	7	14	0	2	0	8	1	4	4	.264	.285 (-7%)	.345 (-9%)	.397 (-15%)	.743 (-12%)	-107.8
1923	CIN	NL	54	119	25	33	3	1	0	18	3	20	4	.277	.282 (-2%)	.344 (+16%)	.390 (-18%)	.734 (-2%)	70.3
1924	CIN	NL	115	383	41	133	14	13	4	49	9	22	20	.347	.283 (+22%)	.345 (+13%)	.389 (+24%)	.734 (+19%)	1320.5
1925	CIN	NL	97	319	43	111	17	6	4	61	9	40	16	.348	.288 (+21%)	.349 (+21%)	.407 (+17%)	.756 (+19%)	1309.1
1926	CIN	NL	86	297	58	106	15	9	1	51	3	37	20	.357	.279 (+28%)	.345 (+25%)	.390 (+23%)	.735 (+24%)	1432.9
1927	CIN	NL	124	467	43	136	14	8	3	77	4	32	22	.291	.282 (+3%)	.344 (-2%)	.392 (-5%)	.736 (-3%)	-269.1
1928	BRO	NL	145	501	78	148	29	13	4	70	2	80	33	.295	.280 (+5%)	.342 (+16%)	.395 (+9%)	.737 (+12%)	1495.4
1929	BRO	NL	136	456	72	145	22	8	9	77	4	67	27	.318	.289 (+10%)	.353 (+15%)	.415 (+11%)	.769 (+13%)	1410.7
1930	BRO	NL	109	335	53	100	12	8	3	52	4	51	19	.299	.293 (+2%)	.354 (+11%)	.429 (-5%)	.784 (+2%)	326.4
1931	BRO	NL	67	153	22	43	4	5	0	26	0	11	10	.281	.276 (+2%)	.338 (-3%)	.388 (-4%)	.726 (-3%)	-104.3
1932	PHI	NL	27	83	9	19	6	1	0	6	0	2	5	.229	.275 (-17%)	.335 (-26%)	.391 (-17%)	.726 (-21%)	-308.3
1932	SLN	NL	10	19	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.158	—	—	—	—	-308.3
Career · 20 seasons			1,305	3,881	544	1,170	164	87	32	586	47	449	246	.301	—	—	—	—	6,493

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Rube Bressler — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
26	32	107	52	27	3	2	540.0	511	204	8	242	229	3.40	-3350.4

Career ERA 3.40 vs. league average 2.95 across their career seasons — 15.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Rube Bressler — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1914	PHA	AL	10	4	29	10	8	1	2	147.2	112	29	56	96	1.77	2.93 (+40%)	1755.8
1915	PHA	AL	4	17	32	20	7	1	0	178.1	183	103	118	69	5.20	2.90 (-79%)	-4763.4
1916	PHA	AL	0	2	4	2	0	0	0	15.0	16	11	14	8	6.60	2.78 (-137%)	-648.0
1917	CIN	NL	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	9.0	15	6	5	2	6.00	2.69 (-123%)	0.0
1918	CIN	NL	8	5	17	13	10	0	0	128.0	124	35	39	37	2.46	2.83 (+13%)	-409.6
1919	CIN	NL	2	4	13	4	1	0	0	41.2	37	16	8	13	3.46	3.09 (-12%)	331.7
1920	CIN	NL	2	0	10	2	1	1	0	20.1	24	4	2	4	1.77	3.45 (+49%)	383.0
Career · 7 seasons			26	32	107	52	27	3	2	540.0	511	204	242	229	3.40	—	-3,350

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Rube Bressler — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	647	1873	270	555	13	284	.296
Away	658	2008	275	617	19	307	.307

Pitching — Home / Away

Rube Bressler — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	54	280.0	255	104	127	138	3.34
Away	53	261.0	255	103	115	90	3.55

Last 10 Games — Batting

Rube Bressler — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	SO
1932-07-18	STL	BRO	L	1	0	0	0
1932-07-17	STL	BRO	L	1	0	0	0
1932-07-16	STL	NY1	L	1	0	0	1
1932-07-14	STL	NY1	L	1	0	0	0
1932-07-12	STL	PHI	W	1	0	0	0
1932-07-04	STL	CIN	L	2	0	0	0
1932-07-04	STL	CIN	L	3	0	0	0
1932-07-03	STL	CIN	L	4	0	0	0
1932-07-02	STL	PIT	W	4	2	1	0
1932-06-30	STL	PIT	L	1	1	1	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Rube Bressler — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1920-09-14	CIN	PHI	—	1.0	3	2	1	0	0
1920-08-29	CIN	NY1	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
1920-08-27	CIN	NY1	—	5.0	5	0	0	1	0
1920-08-14	CIN	CHC	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	0
1920-08-10	CIN	BSN	W	6.1	6	3	2	0	1
1920-07-28	CIN	BRO	—	1.0	4	2	2	0	0
1920-05-25	CIN	BSN	W	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
1920-05-22	CIN	BSN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
1920-05-06	CIN	STL	—	1.0	2	1	0	1	1
1920-05-03	CIN	CHC	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Rube Bressler — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	PO	A	E	DP
1B	147	1371	69	21	105
OF	840	1712	61	53	12
P	107	21	157	11	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Rube Bressler — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1914	PHA	P	29	6	26	2	2
1915	PHA	P	32	7	56	7	0
1916	PHA	P	4	0	2	0	0
1917	CIN	P	2	1	1	0	0
1918	CIN	OF	3	6	0	0	0
1918	CIN	P	17	4	51	1	2
1919	CIN	OF	48	105	4	4	1
1919	CIN	P	13	2	15	1	0
1920	CIN	1B	2	16	1	2	1
1920	CIN	OF	3	8	0	2	0
1920	CIN	P	10	1	6	0	1
1921	CIN	1B	6	47	1	0	3
1921	CIN	OF	85	155	6	8	2
1922	CIN	1B	3	16	0	0	0
1922	CIN	OF	2	0	0	1	0
1923	CIN	1B	22	219	9	4	12
1923	CIN	OF	6	8	0	0	0
1924	CIN	1B	50	455	29	5	35
1924	CIN	OF	49	106	6	4	1
1925	CIN	1B	52	516	21	10	46
1925	CIN	OF	38	86	2	2	0
1926	CIN	1B	4	28	1	0	1
1926	CIN	OF	80	155	4	5	1
1927	CIN	OF	120	261	15	8	5
1928	BRO	OF	137	254	7	4	0
1929	BRO	OF	122	263	7	13	0
1930	BRO	1B	7	62	6	0	7
1930	BRO	OF	90	200	5	1	1
1931	BRO	1B	1	12	1	0	0
1931	BRO	OF	35	54	1	1	0
1932	PHI	OF	18	43	4	0	1
1932	SLN	OF	4	8	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Rube Bressler Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	107
First Base	149
Left Field	732
Center Field	9
Right Field	98

Award Voting History

Rube Bressler — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1924	Most Valuable Player	NL	14th	6.0	80	0

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Rube Bressler: the record in brief

Rube Bressler played a first major league game on April 24, 1914 and a last one on July 18, 1932. Bressler played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1914 to 1916), the Cincinnati Reds (1917 through 1927), the Brooklyn Robins (1928 through 1931), the Philadelphia Phillies (1932), and the St. Louis Cardinals (1932). At 187 pounds on a 6-foot-0 frame, Bressler is listed as an outfielder. Bressler batted right-handed and threw left-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is October 23, 1894, in Coder, PA, USA. Bressler's death is recorded on November 7, 1966, in Mount Washington, OH, USA. The given name on file is Raymond Bloom Bressler.

The batting record for Bressler: 1,305 games, 1,170 hits in 3,881 at bats, and a .301 average, plus 32 home runs, 586 runs batted in, and 47 stolen bases. Bressler's career OPS of .791 combines a .378 on-base mark with .413 slugging. Set against a .274 league average for the same years, Bressler's .301 average sits 9.9% above it.

Frequently Asked Questions about Rube Bressler

What years did Rube Bressler play?: Rube Bressler played in Major League Baseball from 1914 to 1932.
Was Rube Bressler a pitcher?: Both. Rube Bressler pitched in 107 games, going 26-32 with a 3.4 ERA, but spent most of his career as an Outfielder.
How many home runs did Rube Bressler hit?: Rube Bressler hit 32 career home runs with 1,170 hits.
What teams did Rube Bressler play for?: Rube Bressler played for 5 teams: the Philadelphia Athletics (1914–1916), the Cincinnati Reds (1917–1927), the Brooklyn Robins (1928–1931), the Philadelphia Phillies (1932), and the St. Louis Cardinals (1932).
What were Rube Bressler's career stats?: In 1,305 games, Rube Bressler had 1,170 hits, 32 home runs, 586 RBI, 544 runs, and 47 stolen bases, with a .301 batting average. As a pitcher, in 107 games, he went 26-32 with a 3.40 ERA, 229 strikeouts, 540.0 innings pitched, and 2 saves.
What position did Rube Bressler play?: Rube Bressler played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Rube Bressler and how much did he weigh?: Rube Bressler was listed at 6 feet and 187 pounds.
How many home runs did Rube Bressler hit each season?: Rube Bressler's home runs by season: 0 in 1914, 1 in 1915, 0 in 1916, 0 in 1917, 0 in 1918, 2 in 1919, 0 in 1920, 1 in 1921, 0 in 1922, 0 in 1923, 4 in 1924, 4 in 1925, 1 in 1926, 3 in 1927, 4 in 1928, 9 in 1929, 3 in 1930, 0 in 1931, and 0 in 1932. His most in one season was 9, in 1929.
What was Rube Bressler's career batting average?: Rube Bressler batted .301 over his career, with 1,170 hits in 3,881 at bats.
How many RBI did Rube Bressler have?: Rube Bressler drove in 586 runs in his career.
What was Rube Bressler's career ERA?: Rube Bressler finished with a 3.40 career ERA, going 26-32 with 229 strikeouts.
Is Rube Bressler in the Hall of Fame?: No. Rube Bressler has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.