| Rube Bressler | |
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| Left fielder / Pitcher | |
| Born: October 23, 1894 Coder, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Died: November 7, 1966 (aged 72) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 24, 1914, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 17, 1932, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .301 |
| Home runs | 32 |
| Runs batted in | 586 |
| Win–loss record | 26–32 |
| Earned run average | 3.40 |
| Strikeouts | 229 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Raymond Bloom "Rube" Bressler (October 23, 1894 – November 7, 1966) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1914 to 1916 and Cincinnati Reds from 1917 to 1920, before being converted to an outfielder and first baseman for Cincinnati from 1918 to 1927, the Brooklyn Robins from 1928 to 1931 and the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals in his final year of 1932. The first two teams he played for made it to a World Series, the 1914 Philadelphia Athletics lost to the miracle Boston Braves, while the 1919 Cincinnati Reds won against the scandal-tainted Chicago White Sox.
Bressler was born in Coder, Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Flemington. He played for a company team at Renovo, Pennsylvania, where he worked in a railroad shop before being recruited by Earle Mack, son of Connie Mack after beating Earle's All-Stars in a local game in 1912.