Bob Allen vs. Eppa Rixey — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eppa Rixey
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Eppa Rixey built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen 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 4.11 and 1.631 for Bob Allen. By the career numbers, Eppa Rixey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Eppa Rixey

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.39
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.11
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.53
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.39
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
0.5
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.45
51.45
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.77
79.77
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
0.58
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.07
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.03
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.11
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
3.15
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13484
27
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4494.2
9
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
9.46
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4633
9.28
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.18
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.34
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
2.17
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
6.54
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1350
2.7
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.208
1.208
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.19
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.15
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.02
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
40.47
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18754
37.55
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.19
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
4.99
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1986
3.98
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
35.97
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17596
35.23
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Eppa Rixey

Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
27
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
9
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.53
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.68
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1195
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.33
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.2
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.79
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.916
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Eppa Rixey

Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
3600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
249.79
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1667
600
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
31
547.06
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1522
547.81
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
104.74
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
90.34
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
11.88
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.08
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
14.4
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
14.18
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.54
27.19
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
122.74
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
88.24
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
125.61
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
34.19
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
39.95
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
73.07
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.25
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.08
27.74
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.24
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
17.64
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
220
79.18
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.58
7.58
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
31.31
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.72
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50