Russ Bauers vs. Bill Rotes — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Russ Bauers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Rotes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Russ Bauers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.53 and WHIP 1.391 compared to 7.6 and 2.044 for Bill Rotes. By the career numbers, Russ Bauers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Russ Bauers and Bill Rotes

Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.94
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.19
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.07
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.13
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.47
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.45
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.82
50.82
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.04
55.04
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.41
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.01
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
3.53
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
7.6
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1797
27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
599
9
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
8.44
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
14.48
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.26
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
4.07
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
3.92
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
4.51
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.31
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.953
0.953
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2581
38.78
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
45.63
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.45
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.24
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
10.27
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.27
10.27
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.044
2.044
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2296
34.5
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
41.12
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.63
45.63

Fielding Stats for Russ Bauers and Bill Rotes

Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.18
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
27
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.54
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.01
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.72
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.55
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.29
85.29
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.008
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Russ Bauers and Bill Rotes

Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
351.82
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
153.85
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
600
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
78
600
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
564.55
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
70
538.46
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
136.36
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
9
69.23
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
120
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
46.15
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.91
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.69
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.45
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.38
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
16.36
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.08
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.22
41.51
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
27.84
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
158.18
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
107.69
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
158.18
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
17
130.77
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
35.45
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.15
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
35.45
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
53.85
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
70.91
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
100
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.96
48.98
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
20.53
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.82
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
61.54
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
111.82
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
200
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.37
5.37
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.64
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.73
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA