Rube Gardner
A rube is a country bumpkin or an inexperienced, unsophisticated person. Rube is also sometimes used as a nickname, for Reuben, Ruben or Rubin. Arts and entertainment *Rube Bloom (1902-1976), Jewish American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, vocalist and writer *Rube Goldberg (1883-1970), American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor *Rubin Lacey (1902-1969), American country blues musician, singer and songwriter Sports Baseball * Rube Benton (1890-1937), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Rube Bressler (1894-1966), American Major League Baseball pitcher *Rube Currie (1898-1966), American baseball pitcher and manager in the Negro leagues *Rube DeGroff (1879-1955), American Major League Baseball player *George "Rube" Deneau (c. 1879-1926), Canadian minor league baseball player, manager and promoter *Rube Dessau (1883-1952), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Rube Ehrhardt (1894-1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher *Rube Ellis (1885- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Country Bumpkin
Yokel is one of several derogatory terms referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. The term is of uncertain etymology and is only attributed from the early 19th century. Yokels are depicted as straightforward, simple, naïve, and easily deceived, failing to see through false pretenses. They are also depicted as talking about bucolic topics like cows, sheep, goats, wheat, alfalfa, fields, crops, and tractors to the exclusion of all else. Broadly, they are portrayed as unaware of or uninterested in the world outside their own surroundings. In the UK, yokels are traditionally depicted as wearing the old West Country/farmhand's dress of straw hat and white smock, chewing or sucking a piece of straw and carrying a pitchfork or rake, listening to "Scrumpy and Western" music. Yokels are portrayed as living in rural areas of Britain such as the West Country, East Anglia, the Yorkshire Dales and Wales. They speak with country dialects from various parts of Britain. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rube Geyer
Jacob Bowman "Rube" Geyer (March 26, 1884 – October 12, 1962) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals hav ... from 1910 to 1913."Rube Geyer Statistics and History" ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-05. His key pitch was the drop ball.James, Bill and Neyer, Rob. The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers ' (Simon & Schuster, 2004), p. 217. |
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Rube Sellers
Oliver "Rube" Sellers (March 7, 1881 – January 14, 1952) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Doves in 1910."Rube Sellers Statistics and History" ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-21. References External links 1881 births 1952 deaths People from Duquesne, Pennsylvania Maj ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rube Schauer
Rube Schauer (born Alexander John Schauer) (March 19, 1891 – April 15, 1957), was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from –. Schauer played for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan .... References External links 1891 births 1957 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from Russia New York Giants (NL) players Philadelphia Athletics players Superior Red Sox players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players St. Joseph Saints players Russian baseball players {{baseball-pitcher-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rube Peters
Otto Casper "Rube" Peters (March 15, 1885 – February 7, 1965) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox and Brooklyn Tip-Tops The Brooklyn Tip-Tops were a team in the short-lived Federal League of professional baseball from 1914 to 1915. The team's name came from Tip Top Bread, a product of Ward Baking Company, which was also owned by team owner Robert Ward. They were so .... ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-1-1. References External links 1885 births 1965 deaths[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rube Parnham
James Arthur "Rube" Parnham (February 1, 1894 – November 25, 1963) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1916 and 1917 Philadelphia Athletics. Parnham started only five games for the Athletics, completing two of them. His career record in the majors was 2–2. However, he was acquired by the International League's Baltimore Orioles during the 1917 season, and over the next 10 seasons, he would compile a 139–60 record for Jack Dunn's ballclub. 1919 was Rube's breakout year. He led the league in wins (28) and strikeouts (187), as the Orioles dynasty won their first pennant. After starting out 5–0 in 1920, Parnham quit the team in 1920 to pitch in a Pennsylvania industrial league. He rejoined in the middle of the 1922 season. In 1923, he had another outstanding performance, going 33–7 with 28 complete games. He managed to outshine even future Hall of Famer Lefty Grove, who was on the same team. The 33 wins are a 20th-century International League record and Baltimo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rube Oldring
Reuben Henry "Rube" Oldring (May 30, 1884 – September 9, 1961) was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the major leagues from 1905 to 1918. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees. Early life Oldring was born in New York City and attended Bridgeton High School in Bridgeton, New Jersey. He started his professional baseball career in the Southern Association in 1905. That October, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics in the Rule 5 draft. Baseball career From 1907 to 1915, Oldring was a regular outfielder on the A's. He played in three World Series with them. He hit .194 (12-for-62) with 7 runs, 1 home run and 3 RBI in 15 postseason games. Oldring and three other stars from the 1911 World Series champion Athletics — Chief Bender, Cy Morgan and Jack Coombs — were featured in the Thanhouser Company film called ''The Baseball Bug''. In 1913, the Athletics won another World Series, and Oldring won a Cadillac after being ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rube Novotney
Ralph Joseph "Rube" Novotney (August 5, 1924 – July 16, 1987) was an American professional baseball player, a catcher who appeared in 22 Major League games for the Chicago Cubs."Rube Novotney Statistics and History" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 25, 2011. The native of , stood tall and weighed and attended the . Novotney's partial season with the 1949 Cubs included two standout back-to-back games a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rube Melton
Reuben Franklin Melton (February 27, 1917 – September 11, 1971) was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers, from 1941 to 1947. Melton experienced difficulty in his first MLB season when he was suspended by the Phillies for leaving the team without permission reportedly because of homesickness. Melton led the league in base on balls, walks and Wild pitch, wild pitches during the 1942 season. Melton was traded to Brooklyn, on December 12, 1942, for pitcher Johnny Allen (baseball), Johnny Allen and $30,000. (The Dodgers had previously tried to trade for Melton, but Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis disallowed the transaction; however, because of Philadelphia’s ever-increasing financial instability, the second deal was approved.) Melton missed the 1945 season due to service in the United States Army, US Army during World War II. His best ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rube Marshall
Roy De Verne "Rube" Marshall (July 19, 1890 – June 11, 1980) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until , for the Philadelphia Phillies and Buffalo Blues The Buffalo Blues were a professional baseball club that played in the short-lived Federal League, which was a minor league in 1913 and a full-fledged outlaw major league the next two years. It was the last major league baseball team to be bas .... Sources Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Phillies players Buffalo Blues players Wichita Falls Spudders players Baseball players from Ohio 1890 births 1980 deaths People from Salineville, Ohio Portsmouth Cobblers players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rube Marquard
Richard William "Rube" Marquard (October 9, 1886 – June 1, 1980) 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. Early life Rube Marquard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to German immigrant Fred Marquard and Lena Heiser Marquard. Marquard claimed an 1889 year of birth, but 1900 census data and a birth certificate show an 1886 year of birth. Lena Marquard died of an abdominal infection in 1899, and Rube's grandmother took responsibility for raising him. Marquard quit school after the fifth grade; biographer Larry Mansch writes that he "simply refused to attend any longer." 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. He broke a City League re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rube Manning
Walter S. "Rube" Manning (April 29, 1883 – April 23, 1930), was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1907 to 1910. Manning started his professional baseball career in 1906. He pitched for the Williamsport Millionaires of the Tri-State League for two years before being purchased by the New York Highlanders. In his first major league season, he went 13–16 with a 2.45 earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number .... Manning continued to pitch for New York through 1910. He then pitched in the minors until 1917. ''baseball-refere ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |