31+ Rube Waddell Baseball Card Value. Rube waddell was one of the game's greatest stars of the decade, winning the pitching triple crown in 1905 by leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and era. Rube waddell never lived to see his 38th birthday as he got very sick doing something he had done more then once over his short life, helping people in their time of need.
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Rube waddell was one of the game's greatest stars of the decade, winning the pitching triple crown in 1905 by leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and era. In 1911 when a small kentucky town was flooding rube stood in icy waters for hours stacking sand bags for the levee. The values of the rookie cards of some of baseball's biggest stars have appreciated over the past 20 years. Connie mack, who managed waddell for six seasons in philadelphia, believed that waddell had the best combination of speed and curves of any pitcher.