What years did Rube Walberg play?

Rube Walberg played in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1937.

Was Rube Walberg a pitcher?

Yes. Rube Walberg pitched in the major leagues, recording 155 wins and 1085 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Rube Walberg hit?

Rube Walberg hit 4 career home runs with 162 hits.

Rube Walberg

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1923-1937)

W–L 155–141

ERA 4.16

WHIP 1.45

SO 1,085

Pitcher PIV -7554.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 190 lb
Born: 7/27/1896 in Pine City, MN, USA
Died: 10/27/1978 in Tempe, AZ, USA
MLB Debut: 1923-04-29
Last Game: 1937-10-02

Full name: George Elvin Walberg

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
155	141	544	307	140	15	32	2644.0	2,795	1,223	163	1,031	1,085	4.16	-7554.7

Career ERA 4.16 vs. league average 4.27 across their career seasons — near 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
1923	NY1	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	1	1	1	1.80	—	0.0
1923	PHA	AL	4	8	26	10	4	0	0	115.0	122	68	60	38	5.32	4.03 (-32%)	-3128.2
1924	PHA	AL	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	7.0	10	10	10	3	12.86	—	0.0
1925	PHA	AL	8	14	53	20	7	0	7	191.7	197	85	77	82	3.99	4.55 (+12%)	-849.2
1926	PHA	AL	12	10	40	19	5	2	2	151.0	168	47	60	72	2.80	4.11 (+32%)	1308.5
1927	PHA	AL	16	12	46	34	15	0	4	249.3	257	109	91	136	3.93	4.08 (+4%)	11.3
1928	PHA	AL	17	12	38	30	15	3	1	235.7	236	93	64	112	3.55	4.13 (+14%)	552.7
1929	PHA	AL	18	11	40	33	20	3	4	267.7	256	107	99	94	3.60	4.60 (+22%)	-1469.5
1930	PHA	AL	13	12	38	30	12	2	1	205.3	207	107	85	100	4.69	4.80 (+2%)	2765.0
1931	PHA	AL	20	12	44	35	19	1	3	291.0	298	121	109	106	3.74	4.10 (+9%)	-1084.8
1932	PHA	AL	17	10	41	34	19	3	1	272.0	305	143	103	96	4.73	4.13 (-15%)	-1327.6
1933	PHA	AL	9	13	40	20	10	1	4	201.0	224	109	95	68	4.88	3.86 (-27%)	-2951.7
1934	BOS	AL	6	7	30	10	2	0	1	104.7	118	47	41	38	4.04	4.29 (+6%)	-72.9
1935	BOS	AL	5	9	44	10	4	0	3	142.7	152	62	54	44	3.91	4.35 (+10%)	-1124.0
1936	BOS	AL	5	4	24	9	5	0	0	100.3	98	49	36	49	4.40	4.59 (+4%)	493.5
1937	BOS	AL	5	7	32	11	3	0	1	104.7	143	65	46	46	5.59	4.34 (-29%)	-677.8
Career · 16 seasons			155	141	544	307	140	15	32	2,644.0	2,795	1,223	1,031	1,085	4.16	—	-7,555

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
547	905	78	162	26	5	4	84	2	48	179	.179	.220	.232	.452	-4,391

Career AVG .179 vs. league average .282 across their career seasons — 36.4% below league average.

Career OBP .220 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — 36.0% below league average.

Career SLG .232 vs. league average .398 across their career seasons — 41.7% below league average.

Career OPS .452 vs. league average .742 across their career seasons — 39.0% below 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
1923	NY1	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1923	PHA	AL	26	41	1	13	2	1	0	3	0	1	18	.317	—	—	—	—	0.0
1924	PHA	AL	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1925	PHA	AL	53	64	6	10	4	0	0	5	0	0	17	.156	.288 (-46%)	.349 (-55%)	.407 (-46%)	.756 (-50%)	-549.0
1926	PHA	AL	40	46	0	7	0	0	0	4	0	2	13	.152	—	—	—	—	0.0
1927	PHA	AL	47	87	14	18	3	0	2	10	1	13	16	.207	.282 (-27%)	.344 (-10%)	.392 (-21%)	.736 (-16%)	-204.9
1928	PHA	AL	38	86	10	18	4	0	1	7	1	3	13	.209	.280 (-25%)	.342 (-31%)	.395 (-26%)	.737 (-29%)	-413.8
1929	PHA	AL	40	103	11	23	2	0	1	11	0	3	17	.223	.289 (-23%)	.353 (-31%)	.415 (-35%)	.769 (-33%)	-572.8
1930	PHA	AL	38	73	5	12	2	2	0	9	0	4	13	.164	.293 (-44%)	.354 (-41%)	.429 (-43%)	.784 (-42%)	-545.8
1931	PHA	AL	45	105	6	13	1	1	0	6	0	5	16	.124	.276 (-55%)	.338 (-52%)	.388 (-61%)	.726 (-57%)	-959.4
1932	PHA	AL	41	94	8	16	2	0	0	8	0	5	16	.170	.275 (-38%)	.335 (-37%)	.391 (-51%)	.726 (-44%)	-666.0
1933	PHA	AL	41	68	4	9	3	1	0	6	0	5	10	.132	.270 (-51%)	.329 (-42%)	.377 (-45%)	.707 (-44%)	-479.4
1934	BOS	AL	30	32	2	6	1	0	0	7	0	1	8	.188	—	—	—	—	0.0
1935	BOS	AL	44	37	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	2	10	.162	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	BOS	AL	24	32	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	.156	—	—	—	—	0.0
1937	BOS	AL	32	34	7	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	8	.147	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			547	905	78	162	26	5	4	84	2	48	179	.179	—	—	—	—	-4,391

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1931	WS	PHA	2	0	0	.000
1930	WS	PHA	1	2	1	.000
1929	WS	PHA	2	1	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	5	1	0	14.0	10	3	3	15	1.93

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1931	WS	PHA	0	0	2	0	3.0	3	1	2	4	3.00
1930	WS	PHA	0	1	1	1	4.7	4	2	1	3	3.86
1929	WS	PHA	1	0	2	0	6.3	3	0	0	8	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	257	426	42	85	0	47	.200
Away	290	478	36	77	4	40	.161

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	255	1305.2	1349	569	471	576	3.92
Away	289	1336.1	1444	647	558	514	4.36

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H
1937-10-02	BOS	NYY	L	2	0	1
1937-09-30	BOS	MIN	L	0	0	0
1937-09-25	BOS	NYY	L	0	0	0
1937-09-20	BOS	SLA	L	1	1	1
1937-09-07	BOS	MIN	L	1	0	0
1937-09-02	BOS	CHW	L	0	0	0
1937-08-29	BOS	SLA	L	1	0	0
1937-08-25	BOS	CLE	L	0	0	0
1937-08-20	BOS	MIN	L	0	0	0
1937-08-18	BOS	PHA	L	1	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1937-10-02	BOS	NYY	—	2.2	4	1	1	2	0	0
1937-09-30	BOS	MIN	—	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0
1937-09-25	BOS	NYY	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1937-09-20	BOS	SLA	L	1.1	4	3	3	1	0	0
1937-09-07	BOS	MIN	—	4.1	4	4	2	3	2	1
1937-09-02	BOS	CHW	—	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0
1937-08-29	BOS	SLA	—	3.1	9	5	5	1	1	0
1937-08-25	BOS	CLE	—	0.0	3	3	3	1	0	0
1937-08-20	BOS	MIN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1937-08-18	BOS	PHA	—	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	544	0	113	558	37	18

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1923	NY1	P	2	0	1	0	0
1923	PHA	P	26	2	34	3	2
1924	PHA	P	6	0	2	0	0
1925	PHA	P	53	10	51	2	0
1926	PHA	P	40	4	35	4	2
1927	PHA	P	46	2	62	6	0
1928	PHA	P	38	9	56	4	3
1929	PHA	P	40	11	49	0	1
1930	PHA	P	38	7	34	3	1
1931	PHA	P	44	13	52	0	1
1932	PHA	P	41	14	55	4	2
1933	PHA	P	40	14	45	2	1
1934	BOS	P	30	5	25	2	0
1935	BOS	P	44	8	23	2	0
1936	BOS	P	24	8	17	1	2
1937	BOS	P	32	6	17	4	3

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position	Games
Pitcher	544

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1931	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P4

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Frequently Asked Questions about Rube Walberg

What years did Rube Walberg play?: Rube Walberg played in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1937.
Was Rube Walberg a pitcher?: Yes. Rube Walberg pitched in the major leagues, recording 155 wins and 1085 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Rube Walberg hit?: Rube Walberg hit 4 career home runs with 162 hits.