How Rube Vickers's Saves Compares to Similar Players

Rube Vickers totaled 2 career Saves, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.2 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Saves season came in 1908, posting 1, well above the starting pitcher average of 0.7 that year. The lowest point came in 1902 at 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 0.4 that year. The Saves trended upward through the final seasons. The Saves total went from 0 in 1907 to 1 in 1908 and 1 in 1909, rising over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Saves profile — ranging from 0 to 1 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Rube Vickers Lifetime Saves

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Rube Vickers Saves Per Season

Rube Vickers's Saves for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rube Vickers Saves per season line chart

Rube Vickers Saves by Team

Rube Vickers's career Saves totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rube Vickers career Saves by team bar chart

Rube Vickers Cumulative Saves — Career Progression

A running total of Rube Vickers's career Saves, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Rube Vickers Saves year-over-year waterfall chart

Rube Vickers Saves Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rube Vickers's seasonal Saves alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rube Vickers Saves distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rube Vickers Saves — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rube Vickers's MLB career with Saves alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Rube Vickers Saves season-by-season breakdown table