Bob Rush
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[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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 | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | CHI | N | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .919 |
| 1949 | CHI | N | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1950 | CHI | N | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .987 |
| 1951 | CHI | N | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .919 |
| 1952 | CHI | N | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1953 | CHI | N | P | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1954 | CHI | N | P | 33 | 32 | 236.1 | 15 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .958 |
| 1955 | CHI | N | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1956 | CHI | N | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1957 | CHI | N | P | 31 | 29 | 205.1 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 1 | .930 |
| 1958 | MIL | N | P | 28 | 20 | 147.1 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .963 |
| 1959 | MIL | N | P | 31 | 9 | 101.1 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .880 |
| 1960 | MIL | N | P | 10 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1960 | CHI | A | P | 9 | 0 | 14.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1960 | Total | P | 19 | 0 | 29.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Total | P | 417 | 90 | 719.2 | 171 | 428 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 21 | 2 | .955 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | CHI | N | 38 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CHI | N | 35 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .032 | .047 | .032 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1950 | CHI | N | 40 | 90 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .194 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHI | N | 37 | 68 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | .191 | .203 | .221 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1952 | CHI | N | 34 | 96 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 15 | .292 | .299 | .365 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1953 | CHI | N | 29 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .158 | .148 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CHI | N | 33 | 83 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 9 | .277 | .302 | .422 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1955 | CHI | N | 33 | 82 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .110 | .170 | .171 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CHI | N | 32 | 82 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .098 | .159 | .110 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1957 | CHI | N | 31 | 69 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | .203 | .236 | .246 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1958 | MIL | N | 28 | 45 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .245 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1959 | MIL | N | 31 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1960 | MIL | N | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | Total | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | NL | 411 | 806 | 49 | 139 | 4 | 49 | .172 | .203 | .221 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 298 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | AL | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 420 | 807 | 50 | 140 | 4 | 49 | .173 | .204 | .222 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 298 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 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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