Lum Davenport vs. Kirk Rueter — Career Comparison

Lum Davenport
Lost GenerationArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kirk Rueter
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kirk Rueter built a career as a starting pitcher and Lum Davenport as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kirk Rueter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.27 and WHIP 1.416 compared to 7.71 and 1.954 for Lum Davenport. By the career numbers, Kirk Rueter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lum Davenport and Kirk Rueter

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.86
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.6
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.58
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.61
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.43
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.56
58.56
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.82
98.82
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
7.71
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
911
4.27
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
9.72
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2092
9.82
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.03
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.87
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
2.73
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.19
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.87
7.87
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.09
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
3.84
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
42.27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8210
38.52
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.7
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9.41
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
4.71
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.44
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.28
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.02
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.954
1.954
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
34.25
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7450
34.96
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.27
42.27
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Lum Davenport and Kirk Rueter

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.6
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.58
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5754
27
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1918
9
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.63
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
2.06
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
2.73
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
2.69
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.8
98.8
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.688
1.688
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.82
98.82
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.25
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lum Davenport and Kirk Rueter

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
782.61
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
349
282.97
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
740
600
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
547.83
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
622
504.32
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.848
0.848
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
208.7
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
77.03
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
182.61
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
69.73
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
7.3
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
7.3
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.61
94.06
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.76
14.4
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
84.32
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
98.92
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.838
0.838
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
35.68
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
32.43
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
68.11
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
105.5
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.98
9.71
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
21.89
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
286.96
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
85.14
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.05
7.05
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
69.73
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.05
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.3
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50