Bud Byerly vs. Rube Wiggins — Career Comparison

Bud Byerly
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican 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 Bud Byerly 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 3.7 and 1.424 for Bud Byerly. By the career numbers, Rube Wiggins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Byerly and Rube Wiggins

Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
4.34
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.31
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.4
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.4
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.26
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
3.7
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1475
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.2
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
9.5
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.62
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.06
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.83
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127
38.93
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
41.4
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.2
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
4.43
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1951
35.71
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.93
38.93
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4

Fielding Stats for Bud Byerly and Rube Wiggins

Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
9.05
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
707
27
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235.2
9
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.3
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
4.05
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
5.5
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
5.35
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Byerly and Rube Wiggins

Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
1503.16
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
600
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
536.84
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
63.16
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
56.84
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.32
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.32
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
11.47
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
75.79
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
88.42
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
50.53
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.89
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
88.42
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.23
-1.47
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
25.26
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
22
138.95
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.32
4.32
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Byerly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.89
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.32
Rube Wiggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Byerly
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Wiggins
Career
Per 600 PA