Neil Allen vs. Rube Wiggins — Career Comparison

Neil Allen
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Wiggins
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Rube Wiggins built a career as a starting pitcher and Neil Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Wiggins posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.600 compared to 3.88 and 1.487 for Neil Allen. By the career numbers, Rube Wiggins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Neil Allen and Rube Wiggins

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.95
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.54
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.53
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.64
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.31
45.31
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.59
13.59
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.68
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
3.88
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2965
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.1
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
985
8.97
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.66
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.8
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.62
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
5.56
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.36
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4248
38.68
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
41.4
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
2.02
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
4.23
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.34
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.78
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.419
1.419
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3731
33.98
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
34.2
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.68
38.68
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Neil Allen and Rube Wiggins

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.95
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.54
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2965
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
988.1
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.68
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
1.09
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.81
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.78
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.99
97.99
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.449
0.449
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.59
13.59
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Neil Allen and Rube Wiggins

Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
434
2018.6
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
600
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
534.88
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.77
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.16
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.3
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.3
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.6
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.34
15.53
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
97.67
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.72
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.95
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.56
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.51
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
3.88
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.95
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
51
237.21
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.53
2.53
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Neil Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
51.16
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neil Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA