Carter Capps vs. Rube Vickers — Career Comparison

Carter Capps
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Vickers
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Vickers built a career as a starting pitcher and Carter Capps as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Vickers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.190 compared to 4.21 and 1.348 for Carter Capps. By the career numbers, Rube Vickers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carter Capps and Rube Vickers

Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.73
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.88
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.43
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.9
44.9
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.14
51.14
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.21
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
2.93
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1374
27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
9
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
8.96
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
8.37
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.01
0.01
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
2.93
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.34
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
11.21
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
4.19
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.21
11.21
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.67
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.31
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
632
38.52
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1839
36.14
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.95
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.33
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
4.24
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
34.68
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
33.48
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.14
36.14

Fielding Stats for Carter Capps and Rube Vickers

Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.75
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.8
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1392
27
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
464
9
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.31
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.91
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.42
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.93
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.73
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.38
93.38
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.56
45.56
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02

Hitting Stats for Carter Capps and Rube Vickers

Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
38700
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
90
301.68
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
600
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
546.37
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
87.15
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
73.74
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.41
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.41
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.49
21.76
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
100.56
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
120.67
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.41
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
43.58
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
56.98
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.3
17.76
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
33.52
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
113.97
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.26
5.26
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.11
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA