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Rube Oldring
Reuben Henry Oldring

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 186 lb.

Debut October 2, 1905
Final Game August 30, 1918
Born May 30, 1884 in New York, NY
Died September 9, 1961 in Bridgeton, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 21 NYY AL   8   30    2    9   0  1   1    6   4      2      .300  .344  .467  145   14   1           0    
 1906 22 PHA AL  59  174   15   42  10  1   0   19   7      2      .241  .263  .310   77   54   1           3    
 1907 23 PHA AL 117  441   48  126  27  8   1   40  29      7      .286  .305  .390  119  172   7           5    
 1908 24 PHA AL 116  434   38   96  14  2   1   39  13     18      .221  .267  .270   69  117  19           9    
 1909 25 PHA AL  90  326   39   75  13  8   1   28  17     20      .230  .287  .328   92  107  15           6    
 1910 26 PHA AL 134  546   79  168  27 14   4   57  17     23      .308  .340  .430  142  235  21           4    
 1911 27 PHA AL 121  495   84  147  11 14   3   59  21     21      .297  .332  .394  104  195  26           5    
 1912 28 PHA AL  99  395   61  119  14  5   1   24  17     10      .301  .324  .370  100  146  18           3    
 1913 29 PHA AL 137  538  101  152  27  9   5   71  40     34  37  .283  .328  .394  113  212  18           2    
 1914 30 PHA AL 119  466   68  129  21  7   3   49  14 16  18  35  .277  .308  .371  108  173  13           3    
 1915 31 PHA AL 107  408   49  101  23  3   6   42  11  6  22  21  .248  .293  .363   99  148   5           4    
 1916 32 TOT AL  83  304   27   73  16  3   1   26   7     21  22  .240  .289  .322   85   98   5           0    
         PHA AL  40  146   10   36   8  3   0   14   1      9   9  .247  .290  .342   94   50   2           0    
         NYY AL  43  158   17   37   8  0   1   12   6     12  13  .234  .288  .304   76   48   3           0    
 1918 34 PHA AL  49  133    5   31   2  1   0   11   0      8  10  .233  .282  .263   64   35   6           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1239 4690  616 1268 205 76  27  471 197 22 206 125  .270  .307  .364  103 1706 155   0   0  45   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        613   81  166  27 10   4   62  26  3  27  16  .270  .307  .364  103  223  20   0   0   6   0
 Career High    137  546  101  168  27 14   6   71  40 16  34  37  .308  .340  .430  142  235  26   0   0   9   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 21 NYY AL   33   22    5   6.1    80| .300  .260| .344  .321| .467  .339| .811  .659| 145  .771   1.3   0.2     
 1906 22 PHA AL  180  133   14   2.8    77| .241  .259| .263  .315| .310  .332| .573  .647|  77  .436  -5.0  -0.6     
 1907 23 PHA AL  460  322   51   4.2    73| .286  .256| .305  .312| .390  .320| .695  .632| 119  .637   7.4   0.9     
 1908 24 PHA AL  480  357   30   2.3    74| .221  .253| .267  .311| .270  .322| .537  .634|  69  .382 -15.0  -1.9     
 1909 25 PHA AL  367  266   29   2.9    75| .230  .255| .287  .316| .328  .323| .615  .639|  92  .477  -3.7  -0.4     
 1910 26 PHA AL  594  399   79   5.3    74| .308  .249| .340  .315| .430  .321| .770  .636| 142  .719  22.8   2.7     
 1911 27 PHA AL  547  374   63   4.5    94| .297  .279| .332  .345| .394  .366| .726  .711| 104  .539  -0.7  -0.1     
 1912 28 PHA AL  426  294   47   4.2    89| .301  .269| .324  .337| .370  .354| .694  .691| 100  .536  -1.7  -0.2     
 1913 29 PHA AL  592  404   69   4.6    86| .283  .262| .328  .333| .394  .344| .722  .678| 113  .603   6.2   0.7     
 1914 30 PHA AL  500  366   49   3.6    79| .277  .252| .308  .325| .371  .330| .679  .654| 108  .541   1.3   0.2  46%
 1915 31 PHA AL  439  318   42   3.5    80| .248  .251| .293  .328| .363  .329| .656  .657|  99  .514  -2.4  -0.3  64%
 1916 32 TOT AL  330  236   29   3.3    81| .240  .255| .289  .329| .322  .333| .611  .662|  85  .484  -6.6  -0.8     
         PHA AL  157  112   15   3.6    79| .247  .251| .290  .324| .342  .327| .632  .652|  94  .523  -1.8  -0.2     
         NYY AL  173  124   14   3.1    84| .234  .259| .288  .333| .304  .338| .592  .672|  76  .445  -4.8  -0.6     
 1918 34 PHA AL  148  108   10   2.5    83| .233  .262| .282  .333| .263  .334| .545  .666|  64  .354  -6.3  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5096 3599  517   3.8    81| .270  .258| .307  .325| .364  .335| .671  .660| 103  .554  -2.5  -0.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 21 NYY AL SS 8 24 34 2 4 .967 .931 7.25 5.20 1906 22 PHA AL 3B 49 53 87 16 5 .897 .920 2.86 3.15 SS 3 1 3 1 0 .800 .930 1.33 5.40 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 5.20 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 10.00 10.70 1907 23 PHA AL OF 117 180 10 5 0 .974 .959 1.62 1.83 0 116 1 1908 24 PHA AL OF 116 246 9 16 3 .941 .954 2.20 1.80 21 95 0 1909 25 PHA AL OF 89 174 7 7 1 .963 .951 2.03 1.80 32 56 1 1B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 10.80 1910 26 PHA AL OF 134 249 14 6 6 .978 .954 1.96 1.77 2 130 3 1911 27 PHA AL OF 119 225 13 5 2 .979 .950 2.00 1.93 0 119 0 1912 28 PHA AL OF 98 214 8 6 1 .974 .951 2.27 1.98 11 86 0 1913 29 PHA AL OF 131 236 9 8 3 .968 .953 1.87 1.95 131 0 0 SS 5 12 11 1 0 .958 .935 4.60 5.08 1914 30 PHA AL OF 117 215 7 8 5 .965 .956 1.90 1.92 105 11 1 1915 31 PHA AL OF 96 212 9 4 3 .982 .958 2.30 1.98 88 8 0 3B 8 12 14 5 3 .839 .925 3.25 3.01 1916 32 TOT AL OF 83 130 7 11 5 .926 .963 1.65 2.03 40 2 41 PHA AL OF 40 64 6 8 2 .897 .963 1.75 2.03 40 0 0 NYY AL OF 43 66 1 3 3 .957 .963 1.56 2.03 0 2 41 1918 34 PHA AL OF 30 35 2 2 0 .949 .961 1.23 2.17 26 3 1 2B 2 2 3 1 2 .833 .962 2.50 5.30 3B 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 3.00 3.25
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1906 22 PHA AL 1B 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 10.00 10.70 1909 25 PHA AL 1B 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 10.80 1906 22 PHA AL 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 5.20 1918 34 PHA AL 2B 2 2 3 1 2 .833 .962 2.50 5.30 1906 22 PHA AL 3B 49 53 87 16 5 .897 .920 2.86 3.15 1915 31 PHA AL 3B 8 12 14 5 3 .839 .925 3.25 3.01 1918 34 PHA AL 3B 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 3.00 3.25 1907 23 PHA AL OF 117 180 10 5 0 .974 .959 1.62 1.83 0 116 1 1908 24 PHA AL OF 116 246 9 16 3 .941 .954 2.20 1.80 21 95 0 1909 25 PHA AL OF 89 174 7 7 1 .963 .951 2.03 1.80 32 56 1 1910 26 PHA AL OF 134 249 14 6 6 .978 .954 1.96 1.77 2 130 3 1911 27 PHA AL OF 119 225 13 5 2 .979 .950 2.00 1.93 0 119 0 1912 28 PHA AL OF 98 214 8 6 1 .974 .951 2.27 1.98 11 86 0 1913 29 PHA AL OF 131 236 9 8 3 .968 .953 1.87 1.95 131 0 0 1914 30 PHA AL OF 117 215 7 8 5 .965 .956 1.90 1.92 105 11 1 1915 31 PHA AL OF 96 212 9 4 3 .982 .958 2.30 1.98 88 8 0 1916 32 TOT AL OF 83 130 7 11 5 .926 .963 1.65 2.03 40 2 41 PHA AL OF 40 64 6 8 2 .897 .963 1.75 2.03 40 0 0 NYY AL OF 43 66 1 3 3 .957 .963 1.56 2.03 0 2 41 1918 34 PHA AL OF 30 35 2 2 0 .949 .961 1.23 2.17 26 3 1 1905 21 NYY AL SS 8 24 34 2 4 .967 .931 7.25 5.20 1906 22 PHA AL SS 3 1 3 1 0 .800 .930 1.33 5.40 1913 29 PHA AL SS 5 12 11 1 0 .958 .935 4.60 5.08
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1130 2116 95 78 29 .966 .955 1.96 1.90 456 626 48 3B 59 67 105 21 9 .891 .922 2.92 3.14 SS 16 37 48 4 4 .955 .932 5.31 5.20 2B 4 3 3 1 2 .857 .968 1.50 5.25 1B 2 11 0 1 0 .917 .982 5.50 10.75 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1211 2234 251 105 44 .959 .952 2.05 2.03
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1911   WS    PHA NYG     W   6  25   2   5  2  0  1   3   0   4  .200  .200  .400   0  0   2   0   0 
 1913   WS    PHA NYG     W   5  22   5   6  0  1  0   0   0   1  .273  .273  .364   1  0   0   0   0 
 1914   WS    PHA BSN     L   4  15   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   5  .067  .067  .067   0  1   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1  15  62   7  12  2  1  1   3   0  10  .194  .194  .306   1  1   4   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1907 AL-.286-9
1910 AL-.308-6

Slugging %
1907 AL-.390-7
1910 AL-.430-5

OPS
1907 AL-.695-10
1910 AL-.771-8

At Bats
1910 AL-546-9

Runs
1913 AL-101-6

Hits
1910 AL-168-6

Total Bases
1910 AL-235-7

Doubles
1907 AL-27-7
1910 AL-27-5
1913 AL-27-10

Triples
1910 AL-14-8
1911 AL-14-6

Home Runs
1910 AL-4-6
1913 AL-5-5
1915 AL-6-2

RBI
1913 AL-71-9

Stolen Bases
1907 AL-29-10
1913 AL-40-8

Singles
1910 AL-123-8

Adjusted OPS+
1907 AL-119-10
1910 AL-142-6

Runs Created
1910 AL-79-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1910 AL-23-6

Batting Wins
1910 AL-2.7-6

Extra-Base Hits
1907 AL-36-6
1910 AL-45-5
1913 AL-41-9

Offensive Win%
1907 AL-.637-10
1910 AL-.719-6

Hit By Pitch
1908 AL-9-7

Sac. Hits
1911 AL-26-9

Power/Speed Number
1910 AL-6.5-10
1913 AL-8.9-5
1915 AL-7.8-5

At Bats per Home Run
1910 AL-136.5-10
1913 AL-107.6-6
1915 AL-68.0-2

Youngest Player
1905 AL-21-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 49 (499) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.3 (2087) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.5 (910) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October, 1905: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Montgomery (Southern Association) in the 1905 rule 5 draft. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 1, 1916: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 13, 1916: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

September 9, 1916: Released by the New York Yankees.

Before 1918 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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