Tex Covington vs. Rip Wheeler — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rip Wheeler
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Rip Wheeler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tex Covington posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.463 compared to 4.18 and 1.291 for Rip Wheeler. By the career numbers, Tex Covington had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Rip Wheeler

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.37
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.49
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.56
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.59
20.59
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.1
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.18
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
129.1
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.31
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
9.6
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.6
9.6
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.7
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.94
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.46
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.755
0.755
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
38.08
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
37.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.25
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.65
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.94
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
35.63
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Rip Wheeler

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.382
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Rip Wheeler

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
485.71
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
542.31
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
600
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.37
19.6
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
103.85
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
8
114.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
42.86
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
3
34.62
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
100
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.31
18.72
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
4.73
4.73
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA