Matt Belisle vs. Rube Wiggins — Career Comparison

Matt Belisle
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational 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 Matt Belisle 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 4.32 and 1.404 for Matt Belisle. By the career numbers, Rube Wiggins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Belisle and Rube Wiggins

Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
6.72
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.5
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.56
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.27
47.27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
4.32
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2786
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
928.2
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1024
9.92
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.94
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
2.31
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.41
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
6.89
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.89
6.89
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.022
1.022
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.31
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.36
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3988
38.65
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
41.4
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.4
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
4.77
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.38
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.29
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.88
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.359
1.359
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3644
35.32
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.65
38.65
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Matt Belisle and Rube Wiggins

Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
6.72
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2786
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
928.2
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.7
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
1.06
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
1.83
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.75
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.77
95.77
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Belisle and Rube Wiggins

Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
3751.35
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
600
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
481.08
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
37.84
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.62
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.22
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.22
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.19
6.46
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.05
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
59.46
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.22
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.03
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.97
-16.04
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.22
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 600 PA
49
264.86
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.27
2.27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
97.3
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Belisle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA