Rube Fischer vs. Guy Hecker — Career Comparison

Rube Fischer
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Guy Hecker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Rube Fischer built a career as a starting pitcher and Guy Hecker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Guy Hecker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.168 compared to 5.1 and 1.667 for Rube Fischer. By the career numbers, Guy Hecker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Fischer and Guy Hecker

Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.54
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
1.03
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.96
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
0.99
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.38
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
0.54
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.8
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.45
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
32
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.52
54.52
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
0.96
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
5.1
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
951
2.93
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1148
27
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8772
27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
382.2
9
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2924
9
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
9.78
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2922
8.99
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.15
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
5.22
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.51
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
3.2
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
3.42
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.936
0.936
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.548
0.548
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.39
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.22
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
41.25
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12415
38.21
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.68
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
5.69
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
5.31
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1523
35.82
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11851
36.48
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.25
41.25
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.21
38.21

Fielding Stats for Rube Fischer and Guy Hecker

Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
1.09
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18129
27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6043
9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3309
4.93
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
1.11
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.32
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4266
6.35
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4053
6.04
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.529
5.529
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.29
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Fischer and Guy Hecker

Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
531.15
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
705
138.6
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
122
600
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3052
600
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
114
560.66
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2876
565.4
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.537
0.537
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
22
108.2
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
812
159.63
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
16
78.69
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
629
123.66
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
23
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.92
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
9.24
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
3.74
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.51
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
35.98
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
7.78
38.26
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
376.32
73.98
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
33
162.3
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1080
212.32
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
27
132.79
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
988
194.23
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.699
0.699
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
54.1
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
99.08
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
63.93
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
54.65
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
22
108.2
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
763
150
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
6.97
34.27
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
418.9
82.35
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
6.49
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.59
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
28.11
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
127.87
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
19.27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
4.69
4.69
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.14
31.14
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
1.46
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.75
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
24.18
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
24.18
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100