Rip Collins vs. Lance McCullers — Career Comparison

Rip Collins
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rip Collins built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance McCullers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.370 compared to 3.99 and 1.442 for Rip Collins. By the career numbers, Lance McCullers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rip Collins and Lance McCullers

Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
1.63
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.15
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.57
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.43
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.84
56.84
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.42
70.42
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.44
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
3.99
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.25
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5137
27
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1712.1
9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1795
9.43
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.43
9.43
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.38
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
3.54
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
2.99
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.19
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7490
39.37
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2221
37.98
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.25
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
929
4.88
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.44
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.442
1.442
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6740
35.43
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.37
39.37
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Rip Collins and Lance McCullers

Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
313
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1579
27
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
526.1
9
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.56
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
545
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.88
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
527
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.71
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.7
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.684
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rip Collins and Lance McCullers

Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
316
290.35
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
653
600
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
582
534.76
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
88.21
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
67.08
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
16.54
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.68
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
21.13
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Rip Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.4
26.1
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.73
17.63
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
114.85
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
121.29
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.428
0.428
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
39.51
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
33.08
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
71.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.78
21.85
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
6.14
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.76
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
30.32
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Rip Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
199
182.85
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Rip Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
32.16
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Rip Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Rip Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.92
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Rip Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100