Charles Bender vs. Rube Waddell — Career Comparison

Charles Bender
Lost GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher
Rube Waddell
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Charles Bender and Rube Waddell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Rube Waddell had the edge in ERA (2.16 vs 2.46). By the career numbers, Rube Waddell 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 Charles Bender and Rube Waddell

Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
459
1.37
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
1.24
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.03
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
0.63
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
0.59
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.38
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.43
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.54
62.54
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.44
57.44
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.77
72.77
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.76
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
0.79
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.15
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
823
2.46
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.16
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9051
27
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8884
27
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3017
9
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2961.1
9
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2645
7.89
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2460
7.48
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.89
7.89
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
2.12
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
803
2.44
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
1711
5.1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2316
7.04
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.803
0.803
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.21
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.22
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.3
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.35
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11928
35.58
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11717
35.61
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.33
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.16
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
1110
3.31
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
3.23
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.113
1.113
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11114
33.15
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10799
32.82
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.58
35.58
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.61
35.61

Fielding Stats for Charles Bender and Rube Waddell

Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
472
2.25
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
1.24
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.83
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
0.65
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
5652
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8904
27
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
1884
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2968
9
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.13
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
0.53
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
814
3.89
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
740
2.24
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.28
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.28
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
5.3
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1007
3.05
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
5.02
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
916
2.78
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.68
94.68
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.96
90.96
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.227
2.227
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.245
2.245
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.65
36.65
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.21
52.21
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.13
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charles Bender and Rube Waddell

Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
507
238.78
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
410
216.36
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1274
600
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
1137
600
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1147
540.19
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1066
562.53
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
243
114.44
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
172
90.77
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
88.07
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
129
68.07
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
18.84
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
29
15.3
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.71
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.28
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.83
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.11
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
26.37
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
43
22.69
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94.11
44.32
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
50.21
26.5
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
151.18
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
233
122.96
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
328
154.47
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
220
116.09
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
48.04
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
61
32.19
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
54.63
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
83
43.8
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
99.84
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
140
73.88
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100.1
47.14
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
37.89
19.99
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.71
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.17
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
35.32
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
42
22.16
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
160
75.35
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
300
158.31
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.96
7.96
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
3.79
3.79
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
19.78
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
23
12.14
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
9.42
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.17
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.94
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charles Bender
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
10.36
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3.17
Charles Bender
Career
Per 600 PA
90.91
90.91
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100