Bill James vs. Glendon Rusch — Career Comparison

Bill James
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Glendon Rusch
Gen XWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bill James posted a stronger line than Glendon Rusch. Bill James posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.28 vs 5.04) and WHIP (1.233 vs 1.502). By the career numbers, Bill James 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 Bill James and Glendon Rusch

Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.4
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.08
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.01
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.34
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.41
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.35
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.6
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.79
63.79
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.62
72.62
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.33
64.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.73
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.28
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
827
5.04
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4432
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1477.1
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
7.79
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1732
10.55
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.16
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
3.31
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
2.8
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
4.2
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1088
6.63
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.048
1.048
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.24
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2217
36.84
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6513
39.68
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.33
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.19
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.26
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
5.36
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.51
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.85
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1996
33.16
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5885
35.85
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68

Fielding Stats for Bill James and Glendon Rusch

Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.08
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.34
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4432
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1477.1
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.31
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1.05
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.41
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.36
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.45
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.54
96.54
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.917
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.652
0.652
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.33
64.33
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill James and Glendon Rusch

Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
88
251.43
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
546.6
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
210
600
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
600
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
199
568.57
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
331
519.9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.445
0.445
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
131.43
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
78.53
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
117.14
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
65.97
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.29
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.85
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.71
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.29
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.57
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.16
34.74
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
11.57
18.18
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
145.71
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
100.52
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
94.24
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
51.43
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
16
25.13
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
9
25.71
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
29.84
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
77.14
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
50.26
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.98
39.94
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
5.51
8.66
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.86
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.57
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.14
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
125.71
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
104
163.35
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.77
4.77
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.86
Glendon Rusch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
64.4
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.42
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.71
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Glendon Rusch
Career
Per 600 PA