Carter Capps vs. Rip Vowinkel — Career Comparison

Carter Capps
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rip Vowinkel
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rip Vowinkel 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. Rip Vowinkel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.17 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 4.21 and 1.348 for Carter Capps. By the career numbers, Rip Vowinkel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carter Capps and Rip Vowinkel

Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.19
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.19
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.79
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
4.21
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.17
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
8.96
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
10.32
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.32
10.32
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.04
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.93
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.99
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
11.21
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.39
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.21
11.21
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.67
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
632
38.52
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
36.33
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.95
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.33
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.15
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
34.68
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
34.15
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.33
36.33

Fielding Stats for Carter Capps and Rip Vowinkel

Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
7.86
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.2
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
443
27
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147.2
9
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.91
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.2
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.6
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.16
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.4
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.147
0.147
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.167
1.167
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carter Capps and Rip Vowinkel

Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
38700
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
189.47
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
600
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
442.11
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.491
0.491
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.58
18.28
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Carter Capps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
14.68
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Carter Capps
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100