Babe Doty vs. Rufus Lewis — Career Comparison

Babe Doty
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Rufus Lewis
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Rufus Lewis built a career as a starting pitcher and Babe Doty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Babe Doty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1 and WHIP 1.111 compared to 2.99 and 1.184 for Rufus Lewis. By the career numbers, Babe Doty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Babe Doty and Rufus Lewis

Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.38
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.13
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.64
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.45
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.82
58.82
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.4
81.4
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.74
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
2.99
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839
27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279.2
9
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
7.98
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
2.64
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
6.11
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.11
6.11
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
37
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1159
37.3
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
4.02
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.64
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.58
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
36
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1052
33.85
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
37
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.3
37.3

Fielding Stats for Babe Doty and Rufus Lewis

Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.38
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.13
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839
27
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279.2
9
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.77
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.9
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.16
95.16
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Doty and Rufus Lewis

Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
230.36
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
600
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
535.71
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
96.43
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
64.29
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.07
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.36
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.14
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.22
44.05
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
155.36
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
144.64
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
85.71
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
123.21
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.81
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.95
42.6
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
48.21
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.36
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
112
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.07
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Doty
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA