Walter Ball vs. Rube Wiggins — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rube Wiggins
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Walter Ball posted a stronger line than Rube Wiggins. Walter Ball posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.65 vs 3.6) and WHIP (1.220 vs 1.600). By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Walter Ball and Rube Wiggins

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.97
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.08
73.08
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
4.21
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
41.4
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.92
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.71
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2014
34.18
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
34.2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Rube Wiggins

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.37
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.57
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.68
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
2.38
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
2.25
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.71
94.71
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.59
27.59
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Rube Wiggins

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
556.65
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.4
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.54
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.34
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA