Rube Oldring

Center Field

1905—1918

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Center Field RANK
NR

Player Detail

Reuben Henry
GIVEN NAME
Oldring
SURNAME
May 30, 1884, in New York, NY
BORN
September 9, 1961, in Bridgeton, NJ, USA
DIED
1905—1918
Playing Career
Played from 21-34
PLAYING AGE
New York Yankees
Philadelphia A's
Teams Played For
Center Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Philadelphia A's
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 186
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
October 2, 1905
Major League Debut
August 30, 1918
FINAL GAME

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  • Rube Oldring Scouting Report

60

HITTING

50

POWER

65

RUNNING

55

FIELDING

55

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1239
1268
27
471
.270

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
15.1
60.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.671
.710
94.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.270
.307
.364

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Amos Strunk

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Rube Oldring Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Oldring
552
149
73
24
9
3
55
24
38
23
201
179
.270
.307
.364
671
AVG CF
527
146
72
20
9
2
51
47
27
192
202
.277
.346
.364
.710

Rube Oldring Rankings

AT Center Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Center Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Rube Oldring PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
15.2
15.1
11.8
9.5
1.98
74.6
45.7
33.5
22.8
5.28
BLUE = Rube Oldring
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
138.2
110.5
UNK
61.9
18.0
373.6
214.5
156.7
102.8
28.1
BLUE = Rube Oldring
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF