Rube Bressler
[edit] Biography
Rube Bressler (Raymond Bloom Bressler) was born on October 23, 1894 in Coder, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 24, 1914 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1919, his rookie year, he hit .206 with 2 home runs and 17 RBI. Bressler played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Robins, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 19 year career.
Most people believe that Rube Bressler's best season was 1928, when he hit for a .295 average and knocked in 70 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1914
| PHI
| A
| 29
| 51
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .216
| .310
| .275
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| PHI
| A
| 33
| 55
| 9
| 8
| 1
| 4
| .145
| .277
| .236
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 13
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| PHI
| A
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .200
| .600
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| CIN
| N
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| CIN
| N
| 23
| 62
| 10
| 17
| 0
| 6
| .274
| .328
| .355
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| CIN
| N
| 61
| 165
| 22
| 34
| 2
| 17
| .206
| .311
| .309
| 3
| 4
| 23
| 15
| 2
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| CIN
| N
| 21
| 30
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .267
| .290
| .300
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| CIN
| N
| 109
| 323
| 41
| 99
| 1
| 54
| .307
| .385
| .409
| 18
| 6
| 39
| 20
| 2
| 17
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| CIN
| N
| 52
| 53
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 8
| .264
| .316
| .340
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1923
| CIN
| N
| 54
| 119
| 25
| 33
| 0
| 18
| .277
| .399
| .319
| 3
| 1
| 20
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| CIN
| N
| 115
| 383
| 41
| 133
| 4
| 49
| .347
| .389
| .483
| 14
| 13
| 22
| 20
| 4
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CIN
| N
| 97
| 319
| 43
| 111
| 4
| 61
| .348
| .424
| .476
| 17
| 6
| 40
| 16
| 2
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| CIN
| N
| 86
| 297
| 58
| 106
| 1
| 51
| .357
| .433
| .478
| 15
| 9
| 37
| 20
| 3
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| CIN
| N
| 124
| 467
| 43
| 136
| 3
| 77
| .291
| .338
| .375
| 14
| 8
| 32
| 22
| 1
| 24
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| BRO
| N
| 145
| 501
| 78
| 148
| 4
| 70
| .295
| .398
| .429
| 29
| 13
| 80
| 33
| 5
| 23
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| BRO
| N
| 136
| 456
| 72
| 145
| 9
| 77
| .318
| .406
| .461
| 22
| 8
| 67
| 27
| 1
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| BRO
| N
| 109
| 335
| 53
| 100
| 3
| 52
| .299
| .394
| .409
| 12
| 8
| 51
| 19
| 2
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| BRO
| N
| 67
| 153
| 22
| 43
| 0
| 26
| .281
| .329
| .373
| 4
| 5
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| STL
| N
| 10
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .158
| .158
| .158
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| PHI
| N
| 27
| 83
| 9
| 19
| 0
| 6
| .229
| .247
| .325
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| TOT
| N
| 37
| 102
| 9
| 22
| 0
| 8
| .216
| .231
| .294
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1239
| 3770
| 528
| 1150
| 31
| 577
| .305
| .381
| .418
| 163
| 84
| 434
| 226
| 26
| 134
| 47
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 66
| 111
| 16
| 20
| 1
| 9
| .180
| .289
| .270
| 1
| 3
| 15
| 20
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1305
| 3881
| 544
| 1170
| 32
| 586
| .301
| .378
| .413
| 164
| 87
| 449
| 246
| 28
| 140
| 47
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1914
| PHI
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 26
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1915
| PHI
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 56
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1916
| PHI
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| CIN
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1918
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1918
| CIN
| N
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 51
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1919
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 105
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1919
| CIN
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1920
| CIN
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1920
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1920
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1921
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 155
| 6
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1921
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1921
| CIN
| N
| RF
| 76
| 74
| 0
| 140
| 6
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1921
| CIN
| N
| LF
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1922
| CIN
| N
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1922
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1922
| CIN
| N
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1922
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1923
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1923
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 219
| 9
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1924
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 455
| 29
| 5
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1924
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 6
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1925
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 516
| 21
| 10
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1925
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1926
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1926
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 155
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1927
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 120
| 0
| 0
| 261
| 15
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1928
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 137
| 0
| 0
| 254
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1929
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 122
| 0
| 0
| 263
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1930
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 200
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1930
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1931
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1932
| STL
| N
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1932
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1932
| TOT
| N
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1932
| TOT
| N
| OF
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 51
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 10
| 9
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 77
| 74
| 2
| 140
| 6
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 840
| 83
| 8
| 1712
| 61
| 53
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 147
| 4
| 2
| 1371
| 69
| 21
| 105
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 107
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 157
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1914
| PHI
| A
| 29
| 10
| 10
| 4
| 1.77
| 96
| 37
| 29
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 147.2
| 112
| 1
| 56
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1915
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 20
| 4
| 17
| 5.20
| 69
| 133
| 103
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 178.1
| 183
| 3
| 118
| 0
| 7
| 7
|
| 1916
| PHI
| A
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 6.60
| 8
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 16
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1917
| CIN
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6.00
| 2
| 11
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| CIN
| N
| 17
| 13
| 8
| 5
| 2.46
| 37
| 48
| 35
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 128
| 124
| 3
| 39
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1919
| CIN
| N
| 13
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 3.46
| 13
| 19
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 41.2
| 37
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1920
| CIN
| N
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1.77
| 4
| 8
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 20.1
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 42
| 20
| 12
| 9
| 2.76
| 56
| 86
| 61
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 199
| 200
| 4
| 54
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 65
| 32
| 14
| 23
| 3.77
| 173
| 181
| 143
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 341
| 311
| 4
| 188
| 0
| 11
| 13
|
| Total
|
|
| 107
| 52
| 26
| 32
| 3.40
| 229
| 267
| 204
| 27
| 3
| 2
| 540
| 511
| 8
| 242
| 0
| 13
| 14
|
[edit] Transactions
- Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Robins from Cincinnati Reds (March 13, 1928).
- Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (January 22, 1932).
- Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Philadelphia Phillies (June 28, 1932).
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