Steve Bailey vs. Rube Chambers — Career Comparison

Steve Bailey
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Chambers
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher

Rube Chambers built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Bailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Bailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.88 and WHIP 1.636 compared to 5.49 and 1.617 for Rube Chambers. By the career numbers, Steve Bailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Bailey and Rube Chambers

Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.39
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.45
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.95
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.66
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.48
35.48
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.91
65.91
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.46
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.88
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
5.49
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.433
0.433
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
27
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.2
9
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.53
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
10.02
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.26
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.68
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
4.53
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
6.07
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
4.89
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.306
1.306
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.047
1.047
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.03
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.36
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
40.31
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
886
29.1
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.2
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.33
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.39
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
6.47
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.05
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.579
1.579
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.617
1.617
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
34.23
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
705
23.16
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.542
0.542
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.31
40.31
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.1
29.1

Fielding Stats for Steve Bailey and Rube Chambers

Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.39
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
2.05
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.31
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
27
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
27
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.2
9
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
9
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.29
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.9
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.84
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.2
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.26
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.2
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.98
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Bailey and Rube Chambers

Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
1854.55
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
247.37
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
505.26
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
94.74
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.16
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.59
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.15
53.41
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
136.84
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
184.21
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
68.42
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
121.05
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.74
-40.46
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
54.45
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
89.47
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
272.73
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
57
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.53
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Chambers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100