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matttb324 · 05-04-2023, 10:19 PM

The Boston "Bats" or Battalions are running away with the Eastern League. Providence has won 5 straight and are still down nearly 10 games. A big reason why is Rube Waddell who after an off 1901 (11-18, 3.17) is having a very good 1902 for Boston, 11-3, 2.03 ERA so far.

I was not familiar with the reason for Waddell's premature death. From SABR: "The following winter, Waddell lived with Cantillon at the manager’s farm in Hickman, Kentucky, a small village situated on a bend of the Mississippi River. When flood waters threatened to swallow the town, Rube stood in icy water for hours helping stack sandbags for the levee. As a result, he contracted a severe case of pneumonia. His system weakened, Waddell soon became a victim of tuberculosis."

05-04-2023, 10:19 PM	#14
matttb324 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 328	July 1902: Rube Leads Boston The Boston "Bats" or Battalions are running away with the Eastern League. Providence has won 5 straight and are still down nearly 10 games. A big reason why is Rube Waddell who after an off 1901 (11-18, 3.17) is having a very good 1902 for Boston, 11-3, 2.03 ERA so far. I was not familiar with the reason for Waddell's premature death. From SABR: "The following winter, Waddell lived with Cantillon at the manager’s farm in Hickman, Kentucky, a small village situated on a bend of the Mississippi River. When flood waters threatened to swallow the town, Rube stood in icy water for hours helping stack sandbags for the levee. As a result, he contracted a severe case of pneumonia. His system weakened, Waddell soon became a victim of tuberculosis."