Rube Waddell – The Chapman Deadball Collection

Rube Waddell, 1906 E93 Image

Agencies, Hall of Famers, Photos used for Cards, Rube Waddell, The Pictorial News Co.

Iconic image of Rube Waddell in 1906 taken by The Pictorial News Co. Waddell is depicted in Philadelphia’s Columbia Park as we can determine from the backdrop. We know it at least 1906 as this exact print was used to create the supplement used in…

1907 Philadelphia Athletics team photo with five HOFers

1- Photographs, Chief Bender, Collections, Danny Murphy, Eddie Plank, Hall of Famers, Jimmy Collins, Monte Cross, Rube Waddell

Top Row: John Knight, Eddie Plank (HOF), Jack Coombs, Socks Seybold, Rube Waddell (HOF), Chief Bender (HOF), Simon Nicholls, Harry Davis, Ossee Schrecongost and Rube Vickers. Bottom Row: Bris Lord, Danny Murphy, Monte Cross, Jimmy Collins (HOF), Connie Mack (HOF), Topsy Hartsel, Rube Oldring, Doc…

Rube Waddell at Rollins College, 1903 image by Walter R. Merryman

1- Photographs, Hall of Famers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Rube Waddell

Rube Waddell was one of the most fascinating characters of the Deadball Era, or any era for that matter. In January 1903 during the offseason Waddell took a job as a player/coach for Rollins College in Ormond, Florida. He brought in fellow Philadelphia Athletics’ catcher…

Rube Waddell, 1905 photo by Louis Van Oeyen

Hall of Famers, Louis Van Oeyen, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Rube Waddell

Superb large image of Rube Waddell taken by Louis Van Oeyen in Cleveland’s League Park in 1905. It was published in the 1906 Lajoie Guide and erroneously attributed to being in Boston, but this is clearly League Park. There is an early Van Oeyen stamp…

1908 St. Louis Browns RPPC with Rube Waddell

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Collections, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers, Photos published in Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, Rube Waddell, William Bell & George E. Palfrey

Wonderfully detailed real photo postcard of the 1908 St. Louis Browns featuring Hall of Famers Rube Waddell and Bobby Wallace. By the General Photo Co. which also produced non real photo versions. Here is our postcard with another postcard of the same image naming the…

Rube Waddell in Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis, 1909

2 - Real Photo Postcards, Deadball Stadiums, Hall of Famers, Rube Waddell

Rube Waddel, a lefty, is on the mound pitching at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis on June 26, 1909. As referenced on the back, he and the St. Louis Browns faced the Detroit Tigers. Waddell lost the game, 6-2 to the Tigers. This is a…