Herman Besse vs. Rube Wiggins — Career Comparison

Herman Besse
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rube Wiggins
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Wiggins posted a stronger line than Herman Besse. Rube Wiggins posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.6 vs 6.79) and WHIP (1.600 vs 1.755). By the career numbers, Rube Wiggins 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 Herman Besse and Rube Wiggins

Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.41
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.93
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.56
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
6.79
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
728
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242.2
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
11.05
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.89
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.75
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
4.38
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.014
1.014
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1145
42.47
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
41.4
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.04
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
7.23
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.756
1.756
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
37.42
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Herman Besse and Rube Wiggins

Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
9
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herman Besse and Rube Wiggins

Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
430.3
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
600
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
545.45
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
109.09
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
96.97
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.85
35.45
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
121.21
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
163.64
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
48.48
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
90.91
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
139.39
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
39.88
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
54.55
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
20
121.21
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.95
4.95
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA