Claim: Rube Kisinger played professional baseball from 1901 to 1916 and had a 3.00 earned run average over 21 Major League games.
Evidence: He compiled a 9–12 record with a 3.00 earned run average (ERA) in 21 major league games. Kissinger played professional baseball from 1901 to 1916, including two years in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers in 1902 and 1903. 
Kissinger began playing professional baseball in 1901 with the Toledo club in the Western Association. He was 39 years old when he concluded his playing career in 1916. 3.00 He compiled a 9–12 record with a 3.00 earned run average (ERA) in 21 major league games. In October 1903, Kisinger was traded by the Tigers with other players to the Buffalo Bisons of the Eastern League for Cy Ferry and Matty McIntyre.