Rube Manning
[edit] Biography
Born on April 29, 1883 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Rube Manning (Walter S. Manning) played for the New York Highlanders for his entire 4 year career. Manning broke into the bigs on September 25, 1907 with the New York Highlanders, and put up a 2.94 ERA in 245 innings pitched in 1908, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Rube Manning's best season was 1908, when he posted a 2.94 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 113 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1907
| NY
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3.00
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1908
| NY
| A
| 41
| 26
| 13
| 16
| 2.94
| 113
| 114
| 80
| 19
| 2
| 1
| 245
| 228
| 4
| 86
| 0
| 3
| 18
|
| 1909
| NY
| A
| 26
| 21
| 7
| 11
| 3.17
| 71
| 76
| 61
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 173
| 167
| 2
| 48
| 0
| 3
| 9
|
| 1910
| NY
| A
| 16
| 9
| 2
| 4
| 3.72
| 25
| 43
| 31
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 75
| 80
| 4
| 25
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 84
| 57
| 22
| 32
| 3.14
| 212
| 236
| 175
| 35
| 4
| 2
| 502
| 483
| 10
| 162
| 0
| 9
| 32
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1907
| NY
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1908
| NY
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1908
| NY
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 70
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1909
| NY
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 51
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1910
| NY
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 145
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1907
| NY
| A
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| NY
| A
| 44
| 91
| 7
| 17
| 0
| 4
| .187
| .213
| .253
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| NY
| A
| 26
| 60
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .183
| .210
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| NY
| A
| 16
| 26
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .192
| .276
| .192
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 87
| 180
| 12
| 33
| 0
| 7
| .183
| .218
| .222
| 3
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
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- Sold by Williamsport (Tri-State) to New York Highlanders (July 18, 1907).
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