What years did Dick Rudolph play?

Dick Rudolph played in Major League Baseball from 1910 to 1927.

Was Dick Rudolph a pitcher?

Yes. Dick Rudolph pitched in the major leagues, recording 121 wins and 786 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dick Rudolph hit?

Dick Rudolph hit 2 career home runs with 131 hits.

What teams did Dick Rudolph play for?

Dick Rudolph played for 2 teams: the New York Giants (1910–1911) and the Boston Braves (1913–1920, 1922–1923, 1927).

What were Dick Rudolph's career stats?

In 279 games, Dick Rudolph went 121-108 with a 2.66 ERA, 786 strikeouts, 2,049.0 innings pitched, and 8 saves. At the plate he had 131 hits and 2 home runs.

What position did Dick Rudolph play?

Dick Rudolph played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Dick Rudolph and how much did he weigh?

Dick Rudolph was listed at 5 feet 9 inches and 160 pounds.

What was Dick Rudolph's career ERA?

Dick Rudolph finished with a 2.66 career ERA, going 121-108 with 786 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Dick Rudolph have?

Dick Rudolph recorded 786 career strikeouts.

Is Dick Rudolph in the Hall of Fame?

No. Dick Rudolph has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dick Rudolph

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1910-1927)

Dick Rudolph was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1910 to 1927 for the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, a span of 18 seasons. Across 279 career appearances, he went 121-108 with a 2.66 ERA and 786 strikeouts. He also batted .188 with 2 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 22441.8.

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 15, 2026

W–L 121–108

ERA 2.66

WHIP 1.16

SO 786

Pitcher PIV 22441.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 160 lb
Born: 8/25/1887 in New York, NY, USA
Died: 10/20/1949 in Bronx, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1910-09-30
Last Game: 1927-09-11

Full name: Richard Rudolph

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Career Pitching Statistics

Dick Rudolph — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
121	108	279	241	172	27	8	2049.0	1,971	605	35	402	786	2.66	22441.8

Career ERA 2.66 vs. league average 3.27 across their career seasons — 18.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Dick Rudolph Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1910	NY1	NL	0	1	3	1	1	0	2	12.0	21	10	2	9	7.50	2.79 (-169%)	432.2
1911	NY1	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	9.00	—	0.0
1913	BSN	NL	14	13	33	22	17	2	0	249.1	258	81	59	109	2.92	3.07 (+5%)	2690.2
1914	BSN	NL	26	10	42	36	31	6	0	336.1	288	88	61	138	2.35	2.93 (+20%)	3262.0
1915	BSN	NL	22	19	44	43	30	3	1	341.1	304	90	64	147	2.37	2.90 (+18%)	5286.9
1916	BSN	NL	19	12	41	38	27	5	3	312.0	266	75	38	133	2.16	2.78 (+22%)	4793.1
1917	BSN	NL	13	13	31	30	22	5	0	242.2	252	92	54	96	3.41	2.69 (-27%)	2755.7
1918	BSN	NL	9	10	21	20	15	3	0	154.0	144	44	30	48	2.57	2.83 (+9%)	1621.2
1919	BSN	NL	13	18	37	32	24	2	2	273.2	282	66	54	76	2.17	3.09 (+30%)	3023.6
1920	BSN	NL	4	8	18	12	3	0	0	89.0	104	40	24	24	4.04	3.45 (-17%)	-749.7
1922	BSN	NL	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	16.0	22	9	5	3	5.06	4.18 (-21%)	-481.2
1923	BSN	NL	1	2	4	4	1	1	0	19.1	27	8	10	3	3.72	4.03 (+8%)	-192.2
1927	BSN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	1	0	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			121	108	279	241	172	27	8	2,049.0	1,971	605	402	786	2.66	—	22,442

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

Dick Rudolph — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
284	698	46	131	14	6	2	56	9	53	115	.188	.248	.234	.482	-2,500

Career AVG .188 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 28.8% below league average.

Career OBP .248 vs. league average .328 across their career seasons — 24.4% below league average.

Career SLG .234 vs. league average .353 across their career seasons — 33.9% below league average.

Career OPS .482 vs. league average .681 across their career seasons — 29.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Dick Rudolph 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
1910	NY1	NL	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1911	NY1	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1913	BSN	NL	35	88	11	21	2	0	0	6	1	10	8	.239	.259 (-8%)	.325 (-3%)	.345 (-24%)	.670 (-14%)	-154.7
1914	BSN	NL	43	120	10	15	4	1	0	8	1	11	19	.125	.255 (-51%)	.322 (-37%)	.339 (-48%)	.661 (-43%)	-761.3
1915	BSN	NL	45	116	8	23	3	1	1	17	2	12	21	.198	.250 (-21%)	.318 (-14%)	.332 (-20%)	.651 (-17%)	-283.3
1916	BSN	NL	41	101	5	16	2	1	0	6	2	8	26	.158	.248 (-36%)	.314 (-30%)	.326 (-39%)	.640 (-35%)	-507.0
1917	BSN	NL	32	87	4	20	2	1	0	8	2	2	19	.230	.248 (-8%)	.312 (-21%)	.323 (-15%)	.635 (-18%)	-242.9
1918	BSN	NL	21	54	2	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.185	.255 (-27%)	.318 (-37%)	.326 (-43%)	.645 (-40%)	-315.7
1919	BSN	NL	37	88	3	17	1	2	1	7	0	8	11	.193	.262 (-26%)	.322 (-17%)	.347 (-18%)	.670 (-18%)	-235.1
1920	BSN	NL	18	27	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	5	.185	—	—	—	—	0.0
1922	BSN	NL	3	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
1923	BSN	NL	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1927	BSN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			284	698	46	131	14	6	2	56	9	53	115	.188	—	—	—	—	-2,500

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

Dick Rudolph — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333

Playoff Batting by Year

Dick Rudolph — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1914	WS	BSN	2	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333

Playoff Career Pitching

Dick Rudolph — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	0	2	2	0	18.0	12	1	4	15	0.50

Playoff Pitching by Year

Dick Rudolph — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1914	WS	BSN	2	0	2	2	0	18.0	12	1	4	15	0.50

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Dick Rudolph — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	138	332	21	61	1	25	.184
Away	146	364	24	71	1	30	.195

Pitching — Home / Away

Dick Rudolph — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	134	1027.0	915	254	203	423	2.23
Away	145	1018.2	1053	360	200	362	3.18

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dick Rudolph — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H
1927-09-11	BSN	CIN	L	0	0
1923-07-12	BSN	STL	L	1	0
1923-05-29	BSN	PHI	W	1	0
1923-05-26	BSN	BRO	L	1	0
1923-05-17	BSN	PIT	W	4	0
1922-05-03	BSN	NY1	W	0	0
1922-04-25	BSN	BRO	L	3	1
1922-04-16	BSN	NY1	L	2	1
1920-09-25	BSN	PHI	L	2	1
1920-09-08	BSN	NY1	L	2	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Dick Rudolph — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1927-09-11	BSN	CIN	—	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1923-07-12	BSN	STL	L	4.0	7	7	4	1	1	0
1923-05-29	BSN	PHI	—	2.1	6	5	5	4	0	0
1923-05-26	BSN	BRO	L	3.0	6	5	1	3	1	0
1923-05-17	BSN	PIT	W	10.0	8	0	0	2	1	0
1922-05-03	BSN	NY1	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-04-25	BSN	BRO	L	7.0	10	5	4	4	1	1
1922-04-16	BSN	NY1	L	8.0	12	5	5	1	2	1
1920-09-25	BSN	PHI	L	4.1	8	5	3	1	2	0
1920-09-08	BSN	NY1	L	8.0	11	5	5	1	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dick Rudolph — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	279	1	79	624	22	19

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dick Rudolph — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1910	NY1	P	3	1	1	1	0	0
1911	NY1	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1913	BSN	P	33	0	16	81	2	2
1914	BSN	P	42	0	13	96	3	5
1915	BSN	P	44	0	8	92	3	6
1916	BSN	P	41	0	6	113	5	3
1917	BSN	P	31	0	7	75	5	0
1918	BSN	P	21	0	8	49	1	3
1919	BSN	P	37	0	15	81	3	0
1920	BSN	P	18	0	4	26	0	0
1922	BSN	P	3	0	0	4	0	0
1923	BSN	P	4	0	1	6	0	0
1927	BSN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Dick Rudolph Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	279

College History

Dick Rudolph — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Fordham University	New York	NY	1906

Award Voting History

Dick Rudolph — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1914	Most Valuable Player	NL	7th	14.0	64	0

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Dick Rudolph: the record in brief

September 30, 1910 and September 11, 1927 bracket Dick Rudolph's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Rudolph played for the New York Giants (1910 through 1911) and the Boston Braves (1913 through 1927). At 5 feet, 9 inches and 160 pounds, Rudolph is listed as a pitcher. Rudolph both batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is August 25, 1887, in New York, NY, USA. Rudolph died on October 20, 1949, in Bronx, NY, USA. The bio lists the given name Richard.

Across 279 games (241 starts), Rudolph recorded 121 wins against 108 losses with a 2.66 ERA. The same table counts 786 strikeouts, 172 complete games, and 27 shutouts. The leagues Rudolph pitched in allowed 3.27 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 18.7% better than average. Rudolph won 26 games in 1914, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 147 in 1915.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dick Rudolph

What years did Dick Rudolph play?: Dick Rudolph played in Major League Baseball from 1910 to 1927.
Was Dick Rudolph a pitcher?: Yes. Dick Rudolph pitched in the major leagues, recording 121 wins and 786 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dick Rudolph hit?: Dick Rudolph hit 2 career home runs with 131 hits.
What teams did Dick Rudolph play for?: Dick Rudolph played for 2 teams: the New York Giants (1910–1911) and the Boston Braves (1913–1920, 1922–1923, 1927).
What were Dick Rudolph's career stats?: In 279 games, Dick Rudolph went 121-108 with a 2.66 ERA, 786 strikeouts, 2,049.0 innings pitched, and 8 saves. At the plate he had 131 hits and 2 home runs.
What position did Dick Rudolph play?: Dick Rudolph played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Dick Rudolph and how much did he weigh?: Dick Rudolph was listed at 5 feet 9 inches and 160 pounds.
What was Dick Rudolph's career ERA?: Dick Rudolph finished with a 2.66 career ERA, going 121-108 with 786 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Dick Rudolph have?: Dick Rudolph recorded 786 career strikeouts.
Is Dick Rudolph in the Hall of Fame?: No. Dick Rudolph has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.