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Rube Marquard

Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager (died 1980)

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Born
October 9, 1886
Died
June 1, 1980
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1886

About Rube Marquard

Richard William "Rube" Marquard was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1910s and early 1920s. He achieved his greatest success with the New York Giants. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971. Newspaper reports first mentioned Marquard in 1905, when he played with an amateur team in Cleveland. Though pitching for a poor team that had a 1–15 win–loss record at one point, Marquard attracted attention as a top pitcher. From 1911 to 1913, Marquard won at least 23 games each season, and helped the Giants win three consecutive National League pennants. Marquard finished his major-league career in 1925 with a record of 201–177 and a 3.08 ERA.

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Rube Marquard timeline

  1. Newspaper reports first mentioned Marquard in 1905, when he played with an amateur team in Cleveland.
  2. From 1911 to 1913, Marquard won at least 23 games each season, and helped the Giants win three consecutive National League pennants.
  3. Marquard finished his major-league career in 1925 with a record of 201–177 and a 3.08 ERA.

The world when Rube Marquard was born

Rube Marquard was born in 1886. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst professional baseball game under electric lights
  • Top headlineStatue of Liberty dedicated in New York Harbor
  • Technology milestoneCoca-Cola invented in Atlanta
  • Notable inventionCoca-Cola (originally contained cocaine)
  • World population~1.46B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population55.6M

1886 versus 2026

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Measure18862026
Population55.6M341 million

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