Matt Bush vs. Rube Wiggins — Career Comparison

Matt Bush
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican 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 Bush 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 3.75 and 1.213 for Matt Bush. 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 Bush and Rube Wiggins

Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
9.26
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.51
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.64
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
3.75
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.226
0.226
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
7.76
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.41
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
3.07
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
9.68
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
900
38.39
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
41.4
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.52
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.52
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.3
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
807
34.42
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Matt Bush and Rube Wiggins

Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
9.26
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.85
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.07
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
2.09
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.92
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.84
91.84
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.207
0.207
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Bush and Rube Wiggins

Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Matt Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
217
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
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Per 600 PA
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
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Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Rube Wiggins
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Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
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Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
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Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
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Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-60
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
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Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
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Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Rube Wiggins
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Matt Bush
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Rube Wiggins
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Per 600 PA
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Per 600 PA
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Bush
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Rube Wiggins
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