Rube Fischer vs. Jim York — Career Comparison

Rube Fischer
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim York
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Fischer built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim York as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim York posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.79 and WHIP 1.565 compared to 5.1 and 1.667 for Rube Fischer. By the career numbers, Jim York had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Fischer and Jim York

Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.54
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
5.49
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.96
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.38
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.51
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.8
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.54
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
32
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.48
48.48
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.96
37.96
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
5.1
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.79
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1148
27
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
855
27
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382.2
9
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
9.78
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
9.16
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
5.22
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
4.17
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
3.2
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
6.13
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.936
0.936
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.144
1.144
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
41.25
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
1273
40.2
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.68
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.53
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
5.69
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
4.14
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.57
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.38
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.481
1.481
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1523
35.82
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
1099
34.71
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.25
41.25
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.2
40.2

Fielding Stats for Rube Fischer and Jim York

Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
5.49
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
855
27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
9
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.17
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.74
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.61
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.73
92.73
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.602
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim York
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Fischer and Jim York

Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
108
531.15
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
2372.73
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
600
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
560.66
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
40
545.45
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
108.2
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40.91
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
78.69
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.75
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.92
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.51
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.27
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
38.26
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
22.92
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
162.3
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
7
95.45
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
132.79
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
6
81.82
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
54.1
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.27
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
63.93
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40.91
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
108.2
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
4
54.55
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.97
34.27
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.34
-4.63
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
24.59
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
127.87
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
245.45
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
4.69
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
2.44
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Rube Fischer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
14.75
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.84
Jim York
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Fischer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim York
Career
Per 600 PA