Rip Hagerman vs. Dave Righetti — Career Comparison

Rip Hagerman
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Righetti
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Rip Hagerman built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Righetti as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rip Hagerman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.480 compared to 3.46 and 1.372 for Dave Righetti. By the career numbers, Rip Hagerman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rip Hagerman and Dave Righetti

Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.69
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
4.6
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.15
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.57
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.4
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.53
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.51
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.54
36.54
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.93
50.93
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.9
67.9
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.4
12.4
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.48
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.62
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.09
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
540
3.46
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1295
27
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4211
27
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
431.2
9
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1403.2
9
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
8.63
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1287
8.25
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.25
8.25
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.61
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
4.69
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.79
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.31
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
4.46
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1112
7.13
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.017
1.017
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.213
1.213
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.26
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1815
37.84
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5988
38.39
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.25
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
3.04
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
4.57
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.86
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.42
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.26
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.78
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1575
32.84
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5269
33.78
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.84
37.84
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Rip Hagerman and Dave Righetti

Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
9.23
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718
4.6
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.8
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.57
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4211
27
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1403.2
9
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.14
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.22
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
10.59
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.96
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
12.76
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.26
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
11.73
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
1.19
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.96
91.96
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.91
93.91
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.4
12.4
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rip Hagerman and Dave Righetti

Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
81
362.69
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
26925
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
600
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
550.75
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
11
412.5
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
35.82
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
22.39
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.43
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.43
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
6.55
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
12.27
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
49.25
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
67.16
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.87
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.48
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
31.34
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.96
-22.22
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
14.66
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.34
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
75
335.82
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
225
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Rip Hagerman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.91
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Hagerman
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA