Dewey Adkins vs. Eppa Rixey — Career Comparison

Dewey Adkins
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eppa Rixey
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Eppa Rixey built a career as a starting pitcher and Dewey Adkins 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 5.64 and 1.657 for Dewey Adkins. By the career numbers, Eppa Rixey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dewey Adkins and Eppa Rixey

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.45
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.39
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.55
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.11
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.53
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
0.5
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.45
51.45
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.77
79.77
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
0.58
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.07
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.03
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.64
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
3.15
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13484
27
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4494.2
9
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
10.36
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4633
9.28
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.36
10.36
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.91
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
4.55
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
2.17
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
4.27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1350
2.7
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.19
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.15
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
41
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18754
37.55
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.73
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.19
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
6.27
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1986
3.98
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.657
1.657
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
36.45
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17596
35.23
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
41
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Dewey Adkins and Eppa Rixey

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1195
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.79
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.916
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dewey Adkins and Eppa Rixey

Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
991.3
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
249.79
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1667
600
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1522
547.81
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.652
0.652
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
104.74
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
90.34
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
11.88
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.08
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
14.4
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
57.31
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75.54
27.19
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
122.74
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
349
125.61
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
34.19
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
39.95
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
73.07
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
53.75
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77.08
27.74
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.24
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
17.64
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
260.87
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
220
79.18
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.58
7.58
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
31.31
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dewey Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.72
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Dewey Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50