Buttons Briggs vs. Rube Wiggins — Career Comparison

Buttons Briggs
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rube Wiggins
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Buttons Briggs posted a stronger line than Rube Wiggins. Buttons Briggs posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.41 vs 3.6) and WHIP (1.415 vs 1.600). By the career numbers, Buttons Briggs 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 Buttons Briggs and Rube Wiggins

Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
1.02
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.46
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.49
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.35
48.35
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.51
91.51
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.88
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
3.41
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
855.2
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
879
9.25
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.17
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
3.49
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
3.56
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.18
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.41
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3656
38.45
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
41.4
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
5.02
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3285
34.55
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Buttons Briggs and Rube Wiggins

Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.53
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2568
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.44
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.68
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
2.22
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
2.12
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.906
1.906
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.17
47.17
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buttons Briggs and Rube Wiggins

Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
181.71
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
350
600
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
324
555.43
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
82.29
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
72
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.43
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.14
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.29
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.62
21.63
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
101.14
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
114.86
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
32.57
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.14
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.07
15.54
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
32.57
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
66
113.14
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
5.3
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA