Bob Rush Notable

b. December 21, 1925 · Chicago Cubs 1948–1957, Milwaukee Braves 1958–1960, Chicago White Sox 1960

Bob Rush played for three clubs across 13 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Chicago Cubs in 1948 and closing with the Chicago White Sox in 1960.

He went 127 and 152 with a 3.65 earned run average, pitching 2,410 innings in 417 games. He struck out 1,244, completed 118 of his 321 starts and threw 16 shutouts. Across 420 games he batted .173, with 140 hits and 50 runs. He finished with 4 home runs, 21 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He was selected to two All-Star teams between 1950 and 1952.

He was born in Battle Creek, MI, USA on December 21, 1925, and died on March 19, 2011. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1950, 1952

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1948	CHC	38	39	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	.128
1949	CHC	35	63	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	19	0	.032
1950	CHC	40	90	6	15	2	0	1	5	3	36	1	.167
1951	CHC	37	68	5	13	2	0	0	2	1	20	0	.191
1952	CHC	34	96	5	28	5	1	0	15	1	35	0	.292
1953	CHC	29	54	2	6	0	1	0	5	3	23	0	.111
1954	CHC	33	83	6	23	4	1	2	9	3	23	0	.277
1955	CHC	33	82	6	9	2	0	1	5	6	40	0	.110
1956	CHC	32	82	6	8	1	0	0	2	6	37	0	.098
1957	CHC	31	69	3	14	3	0	0	3	3	26	0	.203
1958	MLN	28	45	2	9	1	0	0	1	3	14	0	.200
1959	MLN	31	32	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	.188
1960	CHW/MLN	19	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.500
Career	—	420	807	50	140	21	3	4	49	31	298	1	.173

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1948	CHC	5	11	36	16	0	133.1	153	58	37	72	3.92
1949	CHC	10	18	35	27	4	201.0	197	91	79	80	4.07
1950	CHC	13	20	39	34	1	254.2	261	105	93	93	3.71
1951	CHC	11	12	37	29	2	211.1	212	90	68	129	3.83
1952	CHC	17	13	34	32	0	250.1	205	75	81	157	2.70
1953	CHC	9	14	29	28	0	166.2	177	84	66	84	4.54
1954	CHC	13	15	33	32	0	236.1	213	99	103	124	3.77
1955	CHC	13	11	33	33	0	234.0	204	91	73	130	3.50
1956	CHC	13	10	32	32	0	239.2	210	85	59	104	3.19
1957	CHC	6	16	31	29	0	205.1	211	100	66	103	4.38
1958	MLN	10	6	28	20	0	147.1	142	56	31	84	3.42
1959	MLN	5	6	31	9	0	101.1	102	27	23	64	2.40
1960	CHW/MLN	2	0	19	0	1	29.1	40	16	10	20	4.91
Career	—	127	152	417	321	8	2410.2	2327	977	789	1244	3.65

On this day & linked events

1925

Born December 21, 1925

Battle Creek, MI, USA

2011

Died March 19, 2011

1948

Major-league debut: Bob Rush

Bob Rush made a major-league debut on April 22, 1948.

1960

Final major-league game: Bob Rush

Bob Rush played a final major-league game on August 7, 1960.

Image: Bowman, public domain