He punched lions, saved whole towns, wrestled alligators, rescued people from drowning and fires, destroyed bean factories, and won the pitching triple crown in 1905 with a 1.48 ERA. George Edward “Rube” Waddell is one of the most fascinating players in baseball’s rich past. We’ll take a look at the facts—and the fiction—that surround the life of one of the world’s strangest people to have ever lived.