Rube Bressler

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

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

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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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

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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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 2 147.7 112 29 56 96 1.77 2.93 (+40%) 1755.8
1915 PHA AL 4 17 32 20 7 1 0 178.3 183 103 118 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 41.7 37 16 8 13 3.46 3.09 (-12%) 331.7
1920 CIN NL 2 0 10 2 1 1 0 20.3 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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home647187327055513284.296
Away658200827561719307.307

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home54280.02551041271383.34
Away53261.0255103115903.55

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1932-07-18 STLBROL 100000000
1932-07-17 STLBROL 100000000
1932-07-16 STLNY1L 100000001
1932-07-14 STLNY1L 100000000
1932-07-12 STLPHIW 100000000
1932-07-04 STLCINL 200000000
1932-07-04 STLCINL 300000000
1932-07-03 STLCINL 400000000
1932-07-02 STLPITW 402000100
1932-06-30 STLPITL 101000100

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1920-09-14 CINPHI — 1.0321000
1920-08-29 CINNY1 — 1.0100000
1920-08-27 CINNY1 — 5.0500100
1920-08-14 CINCHC — 1.0200000
1920-08-10 CINBSN W 6.1632010
1920-07-28 CINBRO — 1.0422000
1920-05-25 CINBSN W 2.0000000
1920-05-22 CINBSN — 1.0100010
1920-05-06 CINSTL — 1.0210110
1920-05-03 CINCHC — 1.0000010

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 147 0 1371 69 21 105
OF 840 0 1712 61 53 12
P 107 0 21 157 11 5

Season-by-Season Fielding

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

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 107
First Base 149
Left Field 732
Center Field 9
Right Field 98

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1924 Most Valuable Player NL 14th 6.0 80 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Rube Bressler (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Harry Rice
    .299 avg, 48 HR
  2. 93
    Johnny Hopp
    .296 avg, 46 HR
  3. 92
    Taffy Wright
    .311 avg, 38 HR
  4. 91
    Barney McCosky
    .312 avg, 24 HR
  5. 88
    Dale Mitchell
    .312 avg, 41 HR
  6. 86
    Billy Southworth HOF
    .297 avg, 52 HR

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 1170 hits.