Rube Fischer vs. Joe McClain — Career Comparison

Rube Fischer
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe McClain
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Rube Fischer and Joe McClain are fairly close on the surface numbers. Joe McClain posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.42 vs 5.1) and WHIP (1.360 vs 1.667). Rube Fischer had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.47 per nine innings vs 1.14). By the career numbers, Joe McClain 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 Joe McClain

Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.54
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.64
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.96
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.26
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.38
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.8
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.84
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
32
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.67
26.67
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.96
37.96
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.74
76.74
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
5.1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.42
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1148
27
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
27
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382.2
9
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
9.78
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
9.69
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.69
9.69
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.14
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
5.22
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.25
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.2
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
3.13
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.936
0.936
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.598
0.598
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
41.25
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
38.52
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.68
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
5.69
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
4.96
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1523
35.82
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
945
36.04
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.25
41.25
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Rube Fischer and Joe McClain

Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.64
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.26
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.61
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.11
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.75
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.72
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.047
1.047
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.74
76.74
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Fischer and Joe McClain

Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
531.15
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
43
326.58
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
600
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
79
600
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
560.66
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
569.62
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
108.2
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
113.92
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
78.69
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
83.54
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.51
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
30.38
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
38.26
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
3.92
29.77
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
162.3
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
19
144.3
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
132.79
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
16
121.52
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
54.1
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
63.93
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
108.2
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
8
60.76
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.97
34.27
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
3.69
28.02
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.59
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.59
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
26
127.87
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
121.52
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
4.69
4.69
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
4.94
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.75
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.19
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Joe McClain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe McClain
Career
Per 600 PA