Bert Abbey vs. Eppa Rixey — Career Comparison

Bert Abbey
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eppa Rixey
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Eppa Rixey built a career as a starting pitcher and Bert Abbey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eppa Rixey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.272 compared to 4.52 and 1.546 for Bert Abbey. By the career numbers, Eppa Rixey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Abbey and Eppa Rixey

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
1.39
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.03
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.11
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.53
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.63
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.5
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.45
51.45
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.28
82.28
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.77
79.77
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.82
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
0.58
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.03
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
4.52
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
3.15
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13484
27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4494.2
9
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686
10.87
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4633
9.28
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.04
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
2.17
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
2.55
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1350
2.7
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.622
0.622
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.19
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.15
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
40.69
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18754
37.55
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.22
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.19
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
7
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1986
3.98
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2350
37.24
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17596
35.23
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.69
40.69
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Bert Abbey and Eppa Rixey

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.25
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
27
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
9
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.12
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1195
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.74
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.39
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.28
87.28
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.79
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.911
1.911
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.916
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Abbey and Eppa Rixey

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
79
188.1
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
249.79
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1667
600
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
225
535.71
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1522
547.81
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.496
0.496
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
38
90.48
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
104.74
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
90.34
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
11.88
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.44
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.08
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
14.4
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.95
30.83
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75.54
27.19
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
47
111.9
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
122.74
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
140.48
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
349
125.61
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
34.19
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
39.95
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.48
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
73.07
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.76
30.37
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77.08
27.74
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.24
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
17.64
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
128.57
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
220
79.18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.67
4.67
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.58
7.58
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
31.31
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.72
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.72
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.44
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50