Bob Rush

Full Name: Robert Ransom Rush	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/205	First Game: April 22, 1948
Birthdate: December 21, 1925	Final Game: August 7, 1960
Birthplace: Battle Creek, Michigan	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 21, 1925 in Battle Creek, Michigan, Bob Rush (Robert Ransom Rush) played for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 13 year career. Rush broke into the bigs on April 22, 1948 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.91 ERA in 133.1 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Rush's best season was 1952, when he posted a 2.70 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 157 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1948	CHI	N	36	16	5	11	3.91	72	70	58	4	0	0	133.1	153	8	37	0	3	1
1949	CHI	N	35	27	10	18	4.07	80	104	91	9	1	4	201	197	10	79	0	6	0
1950	CHI	N	39	34	13	20	3.71	93	124	105	19	1	1	254.2	261	11	93	0	2	6
1951	CHI	N	37	29	11	12	3.83	129	108	90	12	2	2	211.1	212	16	68	0	7	3
1952	CHI	N	34	32	17	13	2.70	157	99	75	17	4	0	250.1	205	14	81	0	7	6
1953	CHI	N	29	28	9	14	4.54	84	97	84	8	1	0	166.2	177	17	66	0	1	5
1954	CHI	N	33	32	13	15	3.77	124	102	99	11	0	0	236.1	213	12	103	7	8	5
1955	CHI	N	33	33	13	11	3.50	130	95	91	14	3	0	234	204	19	73	4	4	2
1956	CHI	N	32	32	13	10	3.19	104	101	85	13	1	0	239.2	210	30	59	8	6	2
1957	CHI	N	31	29	6	16	4.38	103	111	100	5	0	0	205.1	211	16	66	6	4	2
1958	MIL	N	28	20	10	6	3.42	84	59	56	5	2	0	147.1	142	13	31	7	0	1
1959	MIL	N	31	9	5	6	2.40	64	39	27	1	1	0	101.1	102	5	23	2	2	1
1960	MIL	N	10	0	2	0	4.20	8	9	7	0	0	1	15	24	2	5	2	0	0
1960	CHI	A	9	0	0	0	5.65	12	10	9	0	0	0	14.1	16	4	5	2	0	0
1960	Total		19	0	2	0	4.91	20	19	16	0	0	1	29.1	40	6	10	4	0	0
Total	NL		408	321	127	152	3.64	1232	1118	968	118	16	8	2396.1	2311	173	784	36	50	34
Total	AL		9	0	0	0	5.65	12	10	9	0	0	0	14.1	16	4	5	2	0	0
Total			417	321	127	152	3.65	1244	1128	977	118	16	8	2410.2	2327	177	789	38	50	34

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	CHI	N	P	36	0	0	3	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.919
1949	CHI	N	P	35	0	0	17	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	.964
1950	CHI	N	P	39	0	0	24	51	1	4	0	0	0	0	.987
1951	CHI	N	P	37	0	0	18	39	5	2	0	0	0	0	.919
1952	CHI	N	P	34	0	0	13	54	4	4	0	0	0	0	.944
1953	CHI	N	P	29	0	0	13	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	CHI	N	P	33	32	236.1	15	54	3	4	2	13	5	0	.958
1955	CHI	N	P	33	0	0	16	43	1	1	0	0	0	0	.983
1956	CHI	N	P	32	0	0	14	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	.960
1957	CHI	N	P	31	29	205.1	15	25	3	1	3	14	9	1	.930
1958	MIL	N	P	28	20	147.1	12	14	1	1	1	13	5	0	.963
1959	MIL	N	P	31	9	101.1	9	13	3	0	0	9	2	1	.880
1960	MIL	N	P	10	0	15	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
1960	CHI	A	P	9	0	14.1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1960	Total		P	19	0	29.1	2	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	417	90	719.2	171	428	28	24	7	51	21	2	.955

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	SB	GDP
1948	CHI	N	38	39	1	5	0	0	.128	.128	.154	1	0	0	9	2	0	0
1949	CHI	N	35	63	4	2	0	2	.032	.047	.032	0	0	1	19	5	0	1
1950	CHI	N	40	90	6	15	1	5	.167	.194	.222	2	0	3	36	1	1	0
1951	CHI	N	37	68	5	13	0	2	.191	.203	.221	2	0	1	20	4	0	3
1952	CHI	N	34	96	5	28	0	15	.292	.299	.365	5	1	1	35	2	0	1
1953	CHI	N	29	54	2	6	0	5	.111	.158	.148	0	1	3	23	3	0	0
1954	CHI	N	33	83	6	23	2	9	.277	.302	.422	4	1	3	23	1	0	3
1955	CHI	N	33	82	6	9	1	5	.110	.170	.171	2	0	6	40	3	0	0
1956	CHI	N	32	82	6	8	0	2	.098	.159	.110	1	0	6	37	4	0	1
1957	CHI	N	31	69	3	14	0	3	.203	.236	.246	3	0	3	26	3	0	1
1958	MIL	N	28	45	2	9	0	1	.200	.245	.222	1	0	3	14	3	0	1
1959	MIL	N	31	32	2	6	0	0	.188	.188	.188	0	0	0	15	1	0	1
1960	MIL	N	10	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1960	CHI	A	9	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	Total		19	4	2	2	0	0	.500	.600	.500	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		411	806	49	139	4	49	.172	.203	.221	21	3	31	298	32	1	12
Total	AL		9	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			420	807	50	140	4	49	.173	.204	.222	21	3	31	298	32	1	12

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (1947).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Eddie Haas and Don Kaiser to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Taylor Phillips and Sammy Taylor (December 5, 1957).
Sold by Milwaukee Braves to Chicago White Sox (June 11, 1960).
Released by Chicago White Sox (August 19, 1960).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (September 14, 1960).
Released by Chicago White Sox (November 11, 1960).

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