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Walberg was a consistent, durable pitcher who spent over a decade with the Athletics. Yet he fell short of greatness, partly because he was wild, often walking more batters than he struck out. In his one 20-win season, 1931, he led the league with 291 innings pitched but worked just three innings in relief in the World Series. He started only one of the 18 WS games the A's played in 1929-31, losing it 5-0 to the Cardinals in 1930. He was a reliever and spot starter with the Red Sox from 1934 through 1937 and pitched his last game at age forty-one. (NLM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 17, 1923: When the Giants return big southpaw Rube Walberg to Portland (PCL) after a 2-game trial, the A's buy him. He'll be 4-8 in the first of his 15 ML seasons. » May 1, 1927: The Yankees ride the tandem of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to a 7–3 win over the Athletics. Ruth bangs a first inning homer off Jack Quinn, and Gehrig hits one off Quinn in the 6th. Babe comes back in the 8th with another homer, off Rube Walberg as New York takes over undisputed possession of first place. » June 7, 1927: At Philadelphia, the Browns outhit the A's 18–14, but lose 11–9. Both starters Rube Walberg and Milt Gaston are knocked out in the 3rd, but when Gaston is lifted he bypasses to dugout and leaps into the stands to punch a spectator who has been riding him. The police escort him from the field. Ty Cobb has three runs and a stolen base for the A's, while George Sisler has three steals and is 4-for-4 for the Browns. » May 23, 1929: In Philadelphia, the A's win a pair from the Senators by 9–8 scores In game 1, they spot the Senators eight runs in the 1st two innings and then come back to win. The win goes to Howard Ehmke, the A's 4th pitcher. Rube Walberg goes all the way to win the nitecap. Ossie Bluege has a home run in each game for the Nationals. The first-place A's will sweep the series with the Nats » October 12, 1929: At 45, John Quinn (11-9) gets a start against Root. After giving up a home run to Charlie Grimm with a man on in the 3rd, Quinn serves up four straight singles to open the 6th, and in comes Rube Walberg (18-11). The inning ends with the score 7–0. Trailing 8–0 in the 7th, the Athletics, in the greatest rally in World Series history, shake Chicago by scoring 10 runs for a 10–8 victory. The most damaging play is Hack Wilson's misjudgment of a fly from Mule Haas's bat, which goes for a 3-run, inside-the-park home run. » August 1, 1932: The Indians drop another 1-0 game to the A's at Municipal Stadium, as Rube Walberg beats Wes Ferrell. » May 1, 1937: Joe DiMaggio makes his debut as a starter after missing six games, and strokes three hits against Rube Walberg. New York tips the Red Sox, 3–2.