Rube Oldring
Rube Oldring | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: New York City, New York | May 30, 1884|
Died: September 9, 1961 Bridgeton, New Jersey | (aged 77)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
October 2, 1905, for the New York Highlanders | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 30, 1918, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .270 |
Home runs | 27 |
Runs batted in | 471 |
Stolen bases | 197 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Reuben Henry "Rube" Oldring (May 30, 1884 – September 9, 1961), was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the major leagues from 1905 to 1918. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees.
Oldring started his professional baseball career in the Southern Association, in 1905. That October, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics in the Rule 5 draft.
From 1907 to 1915, Oldring was a regular outfielder on the A's. He played in three World Series with them.
Oldring played in the minor leagues for several years after his major league career was over. In 1923, he hit .342 for Wilson of the Virginia League and also managed the team to the pennant.
A farmer after he ended his career in baseball, Oldring died of a heart attack at his home in Bridgeton, New Jersey at the age of 77.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "The Baseball Bug". Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ Bishop, Bill. Rube Oldring, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed November 25, 2017. "Rube suffered a heart attack in 1960, and died at age 77 on September 9, 1961 at his home in Bridgeton, New Jersey from acute blockage of the arteries."
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1884 births
- 1961 deaths
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from New York (state)
- New York Highlanders players
- Philadelphia Athletics players
- New York Yankees players
- Minor league baseball managers
- Montgomery Senators players
- Suffolk Nuts players
- New Haven Indians players
- Seattle Rainiers players
- Wilson Bugs players
- Wilson Tobacconists players
- People from Bridgeton, New Jersey
- American baseball outfielder, 1880s birth stubs