Joe Corbett vs. Eppa Rixey — Career Comparison

Joe Corbett
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eppa Rixey
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Eppa Rixey built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Corbett as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eppa Rixey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.272 compared to 3.42 and 1.430 for Joe Corbett. By the career numbers, Eppa Rixey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Corbett and Eppa Rixey

Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.16
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
1.39
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.07
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.11
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.6
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
0.53
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.34
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
0.5
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
64
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.45
51.45
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.94
91.94
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.77
79.77
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.97
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
0.58
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.07
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.03
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
3.42
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
3.15
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1445
27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13484
27
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
481.2
9
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4494.2
9
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
9.29
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4633
9.28
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.18
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.59
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
2.17
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
4.63
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1350
2.7
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.19
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.67
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.15
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2145
40.08
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18754
37.55
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.19
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
5.36
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1986
3.98
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1917
35.82
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17596
35.23
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.08
40.08
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Joe Corbett and Eppa Rixey

Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.24
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.25
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1506
27
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
9
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.68
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.08
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1195
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.48
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.25
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.76
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.08
85.08
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.79
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.232
2.232
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.916
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.29
20.29
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Corbett and Eppa Rixey

Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
72
181.51
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
249.79
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
238
600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1667
600
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
230
579.83
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1522
547.81
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
136.13
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
104.74
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
103.36
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
90.34
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.73
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
11.88
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.04
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.44
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.08
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.77
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
14.4
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.29
46.1
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75.54
27.19
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
173.95
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
122.74
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
153.78
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
349
125.61
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
80.67
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
34.19
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
80.67
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
39.95
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
161.34
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
73.07
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19.92
50.23
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77.08
27.74
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.52
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.24
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
6
15.13
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
17.64
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
70.59
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
220
79.18
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
7.58
7.58
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.52
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
31.31
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.72
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.08
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.72
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Joe Corbett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.08
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.44
Joe Corbett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50