Buster Brown vs. Rube Wiggins — Career Comparison

Looking at the career totals, Buster Brown and Rube Wiggins are fairly close on the surface numbers. Buster Brown posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.21 vs 3.6) and WHIP (1.377 vs 1.600). Rube Wiggins had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.22). By the career numbers, Buster Brown 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.