Otto Hess vs. Dick Luebke — Career Comparison

Otto Hess
Pre-GenerationalSwitzerlandThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Luebke
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Otto Hess built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Luebke as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Luebke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 2.98 and 1.272 for Otto Hess. By the career numbers, Dick Luebke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Otto Hess and Dick Luebke

Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.26
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
6.75
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.05
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.44
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.82
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
2.98
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
1355
8.6
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
8.1
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.16
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
448
2.84
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
4.05
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
3.68
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.975
0.975
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.24
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.51
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5880
37.32
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
37.8
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.19
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
663
4.21
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5352
33.97
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
33.75
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.32
37.32
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8

Fielding Stats for Otto Hess and Dick Luebke

Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.87
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
6.75
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3687
27
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1229
9
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
1.37
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.86
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.26
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
4.48
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
4.23
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.28
94.28
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.263
2.263
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.73
53.73
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Otto Hess and Dick Luebke

Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
280
220.18
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
10
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
763
600
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
561.47
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
121.1
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
93.58
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
16.51
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.08
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.93
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
27.52
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54.01
42.48
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
208
163.56
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
145.48
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
49.54
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
45.61
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
91.22
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.24
44.23
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.15
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
21.23
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
212
166.71
Dick Luebke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.6
3.6
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
14.15
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.15
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.15
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Luebke
Career
Per 600 PA