Fred Beene vs. Rube Wiggins — Career Comparison

Fred Beene
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican 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 Fred Beene 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 3.63 and 1.403 for Fred Beene. By the career numbers, Rube Wiggins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Beene and Rube Wiggins

Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.5
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.16
63.16
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
3.63
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
8.56
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.66
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
3.47
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.59
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
4.88
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.927
0.927
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.22
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1219
38.09
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
41.4
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.47
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
4.31
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.63
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1085
33.91
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
34.2
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Fred Beene and Rube Wiggins

Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.5
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
865
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288.1
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.94
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.47
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
2.43
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
2.4
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.72
98.72
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Beene and Rube Wiggins

Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
7666.67
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.94
-62.84
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-60
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA