Rube Fischer vs. Clay Kirby — Career Comparison

Rube Fischer
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clay Kirby
Baby BoomersDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Rube Fischer and Clay Kirby are fairly close on the surface numbers. Clay Kirby posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.84 vs 5.1) and WHIP (1.421 vs 1.667). Rube Fischer had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.47 per nine innings vs 0.91). By the career numbers, Clay Kirby had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Rube Fischer and Clay Kirby

Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.54
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.52
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.96
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.39
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.38
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.44
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.8
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.6
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
32
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.9
41.9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
5.1
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
3.84
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1148
27
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4644
27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
382.2
9
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
9
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
9.78
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1430
8.31
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.91
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
5.22
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
4.15
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.33
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
3.2
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
6.17
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.936
0.936
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.21
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.17
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
41.25
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6682
38.85
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.68
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
5.69
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
4.39
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.39
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.22
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.24
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1523
35.82
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5835
33.92
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.25
41.25
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Rube Fischer and Clay Kirby

Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.52
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.39
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4645
27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1548.1
9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.46
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.17
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.63
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
1.46
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.64
89.64
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Fischer and Clay Kirby

Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
531.15
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
265
285.97
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
122
600
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
556
600
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
560.66
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
515.83
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
108.2
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
50.72
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
78.69
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
45.32
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.75
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.4
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.51
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.4
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
38.26
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
7.73
8.34
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
162.3
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
56.12
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
132.79
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
86.33
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
54.1
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
23.74
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
63.93
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
16.19
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
108.2
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
39.93
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.97
34.27
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.3
-7.87
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.59
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
34.53
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
127.87
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
217
234.17
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
4.69
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
48.56
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.47
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA