What years did Ed Reulbach play?

Ed Reulbach played in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1917.

Was Ed Reulbach a pitcher?

Yes. Ed Reulbach pitched in the major leagues, recording 182 wins and 1137 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ed Reulbach hit?

Ed Reulbach hit 1 career home runs with 127 hits.

What was Ed Reulbach's career batting average?

Ed Reulbach batted .147 over his career, with 127 hits in 862 at bats.

How many RBI did Ed Reulbach have?

Ed Reulbach drove in 52 runs in his career.

What was Ed Reulbach's career ERA?

Ed Reulbach finished with a 2.28 career ERA, going 182-106 with 1,137 strikeouts.

Ed Reulbach

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1905-1917)

Ed Reulbach was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1917 for 4 teams, including the Chicago Cubs, a span of 13 seasons. Across 399 career appearances, he went 182-106 with a 2.28 ERA and 1,137 strikeouts. He also batted .147 with 1 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 182–106

ERA 2.28

WHIP 1.14

SO 1,137

Pitcher PIV -2600.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 190 lb
Born: 12/1/1882 in Detroit, MI, USA
Died: 7/17/1961 in Glens Falls, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1905-05-16
Last Game: 1917-07-13

Full name: Edward Marvin Reulbach

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ed Reulbach — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
182	106	399	300	200	40	13	2632.1	2,117	668	33	892	1,137	2.28	-2600.4

Career ERA 2.28 vs. league average 2.84 across their career seasons — 19.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Ed Reulbach Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1905	CHN	NL	18	14	34	29	28	5	1	291.2	208	46	73	152	1.42	2.82 (+50%)	2777.0
1906	CHN	NL	19	4	33	24	20	6	3	218.0	129	40	92	94	1.65	2.68 (+38%)	-2191.0
1907	CHN	NL	17	4	27	22	16	4	0	192.0	147	36	64	96	1.69	2.50 (+32%)	560.9
1908	CHN	NL	24	7	46	35	25	7	1	297.2	227	67	106	133	2.03	2.40 (+16%)	-1495.7
1909	CHN	NL	19	10	35	32	23	6	0	262.2	194	52	82	105	1.78	2.55 (+30%)	-46.1
1910	CHN	NL	12	8	24	23	13	1	0	173.1	161	60	49	55	3.12	2.79 (-12%)	-33.3
1911	CHN	NL	16	9	33	29	15	2	0	221.2	191	73	103	79	2.96	3.37 (+12%)	-1878.0
1912	CHN	NL	10	6	39	19	8	0	4	169.0	161	71	60	75	3.78	3.36 (-12%)	-1536.3
1913	CHN	NL	1	3	10	3	1	0	0	38.2	41	19	21	10	4.42	3.07 (-44%)	-1015.3
1913	BRO	NL	7	6	15	12	8	2	0	110.0	77	25	34	46	2.05	3.07 (+33%)	-217.2
1914	BRO	NL	11	18	44	29	14	3	3	256.0	228	75	83	119	2.64	2.93 (+10%)	354.1
1915	NEW	FL	21	10	33	30	23	4	1	270.0	233	67	69	117	2.23	2.90 (+23%)	2884.1
1916	BSN	NL	7	6	21	11	6	0	0	109.1	99	30	41	47	2.47	2.78 (+11%)	-242.1
1917	BSN	NL	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	22.1	21	7	15	9	2.82	2.69 (-5%)	-521.7
Career · 14 seasons			182	106	399	300	200	40	13	2,632.1	2,117	668	892	1,137	2.28	—	-2,600

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 Batting Statistics

Ed Reulbach — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
401	862	52	127	16	6	1	52	3	59	304	.147	.204	.183	.387	-4,508

Career AVG .147 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 41.5% below league average.

Career OBP .204 vs. league average .316 across their career seasons — 35.6% below league average.

Career SLG .183 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 44.4% below league average.

Career OPS .387 vs. league average .646 across their career seasons — 40.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Ed Reulbach 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
1905	CHN	NL	35	110	6	14	0	0	0	7	0	1	31	.127	.248 (-49%)	.307 (-56%)	.322 (-61%)	.629 (-58%)	-905.6
1906	CHN	NL	34	83	4	13	0	0	0	4	0	2	25	.157	.247 (-37%)	.307 (-43%)	.315 (-50%)	.622 (-46%)	-540.3
1907	CHN	NL	27	63	4	11	1	0	1	3	0	1	13	.175	.245 (-29%)	.304 (-38%)	.308 (-23%)	.613 (-31%)	-281.1
1908	CHN	NL	46	99	10	23	6	2	0	9	1	6	32	.232	.240 (-3%)	.298 (-7%)	.306 (+9%)	.605 (+1%)	-23.8
1909	CHN	NL	35	86	3	12	2	1	0	7	0	5	32	.140	.244 (-43%)	.306 (-39%)	.312 (-40%)	.618 (-40%)	-488.7
1910	CHN	NL	24	56	4	6	0	0	0	2	1	3	20	.107	.249 (-57%)	.317 (-48%)	.326 (-67%)	.644 (-58%)	-460.0
1911	CHN	NL	33	67	6	6	3	0	0	3	0	13	32	.090	.266 (-66%)	.336 (-29%)	.356 (-62%)	.693 (-46%)	-463.9
1912	CHN	NL	39	55	3	6	2	0	0	4	0	4	23	.109	.268 (-59%)	.335 (-50%)	.358 (-59%)	.694 (-55%)	-469.6
1913	CHN	NL	10	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1913	BRO	NL	15	29	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	8	10	.103	—	—	—	—	0.0
1914	BRO	NL	44	74	3	9	1	1	0	6	1	11	28	.122	.255 (-52%)	.322 (-27%)	.339 (-52%)	.661 (-40%)	-423.5
1915	NEW	FL	33	92	3	18	1	1	0	5	0	2	37	.196	.250 (-22%)	.318 (-33%)	.332 (-31%)	.651 (-32%)	-451.0
1916	BSN	NL	21	33	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	14	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1917	BSN	NL	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			401	862	52	127	16	6	1	52	3	59	304	.147	—	—	—	—	-4,508

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.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ed Reulbach — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	11	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	.091

Playoff Batting by Year

Ed Reulbach — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	RBI	SO	AVG
1910	WS	CHN	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1908	WS	CHN	2	3	0	0	1	.000
1907	WS	CHN	2	5	1	1	0	.200
1906	WS	CHN	2	3	0	1	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ed Reulbach — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	0	7	5	0	32.2	24	11	14	13	3.03

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ed Reulbach — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1910	WS	CHN	0	1	1	2.0	3	3	2	0	13.50
1908	WS	CHN	0	2	1	7.2	9	4	1	5	4.70
1907	WS	CHN	1	2	1	12.0	6	1	3	4	0.75
1906	WS	CHN	1	2	2	11.0	6	3	8	4	2.45

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Ed Reulbach — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	198	402	22	61	0	26	.152
Away	203	458	30	66	1	28	.144

Pitching — Home / Away

Ed Reulbach — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	198	1343.1	1051	216	435	623	1.45
Away	201	1283.0	1069	274	460	525	1.92

Last 10 Games — Batting

Ed Reulbach — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO
1917-07-13	BSN	STL	L	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
1917-06-27	BSN	BRO	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917-05-16	BSN	CHC	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
1917-05-10	BSN	PIT	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1917-04-25	BSN	BRO	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1916-10-02	BSN	PHI	W	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
1916-09-25	BSN	PIT	W	2	1	1	1	1	0	0
1916-09-13	BSN	CHC	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1916-09-13	BSN	CHC	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1916-09-09	BSN	BRO	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ed Reulbach — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1917-07-13	BSN	STL	—	6.2	7	5	2	5	3
1917-06-27	BSN	BRO	—	1.0	2	2	0	1	0
1917-05-16	BSN	CHC	L	8.0	6	5	4	4	2
1917-05-10	BSN	PIT	—	3.2	3	1	1	3	2
1917-04-25	BSN	BRO	—	3.0	3	0	0	2	2
1916-10-02	BSN	PHI	W	9.0	6	1	1	1	2
1916-09-25	BSN	PIT	W	9.0	6	2	2	3	5
1916-09-13	BSN	CHC	W	8.1	9	3	3	1	3
1916-09-13	BSN	CHC	—	4.2	6	3	3	1	3
1916-09-09	BSN	BRO	L	8.0	8	4	3	4	4

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ed Reulbach — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1	0	1	1	0	0
P	399	165	136	814	54	37

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ed Reulbach — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1905	CHN	P	34	29	14	71	4	4
1906	CHN	OF	1	0	1	1	0	0
1906	CHN	P	33	24	17	74	3	3
1907	CHN	P	27	22	13	53	5	3
1908	CHN	P	46	35	15	77	7	7
1909	CHN	P	35	32	15	91	5	4
1910	CHN	P	24	23	6	53	3	1
1911	CHN	P	33	0	5	77	5	2
1912	CHN	P	39	0	8	60	3	4
1913	CHN	P	10	0	1	12	2	0
1913	BRO	P	15	0	8	23	2	1
1914	BRO	P	44	0	11	71	6	2
1915	NEW	P	33	0	11	90	7	2
1916	BSN	P	21	0	11	50	1	3
1917	BSN	P	5	0	1	12	1	1

Career Games by Position

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Ed Reulbach Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	399
Right Field	1

Awards & Honors

Ed Reulbach — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1909	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1908	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P5

College History

Ed Reulbach — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Notre Dame	South Bend	IN	1903, 1904
University of Vermont	Burlington	VT	1905

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Ed Reulbach: the record in brief

Ed Reulbach played a first major league game on May 16, 1905 and a last one on July 13, 1917. Club by club, the record runs the Chicago Cubs (1905 to 1913), the Brooklyn Superbas (1913), the Brooklyn Robins (1914), the Newark Pepper (1915), and the Boston Braves (1916 through 1917). The bio lists Reulbach as a pitcher who both batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds. Reulbach was born on December 1, 1882, in Detroit, MI, USA. Reulbach died on July 17, 1961, in Glens Falls, NY, USA. On the record, Ed Reulbach was born Edward Marvin Reulbach.

Reulbach pitched in 399 games, starting 300, and finished with a 182-106 record and 2.28 ERA. Reulbach had 1,137 strikeouts, 200 complete games, 40 shutouts, and 13 saves. The leagues Reulbach pitched in allowed 2.84 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 19.6% better than average. 1908 brought Reulbach a season-high 24 wins. The strikeout high was 152 in 1905.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ed Reulbach

What years did Ed Reulbach play?: Ed Reulbach played in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1917.
Was Ed Reulbach a pitcher?: Yes. Ed Reulbach pitched in the major leagues, recording 182 wins and 1137 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ed Reulbach hit?: Ed Reulbach hit 1 career home runs with 127 hits.
What was Ed Reulbach's career batting average?: Ed Reulbach batted .147 over his career, with 127 hits in 862 at bats.
How many RBI did Ed Reulbach have?: Ed Reulbach drove in 52 runs in his career.
What was Ed Reulbach's career ERA?: Ed Reulbach finished with a 2.28 career ERA, going 182-106 with 1,137 strikeouts.