Sandy Koufax vs. Rube Waddell — Career Comparison

Sandy Koufax
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Rube Waddell
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Waddell posted a stronger line than Sandy Koufax. Rube Waddell posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.16 vs 2.76) and home runs allowed (0.11 per nine innings vs 0.79). By the career numbers, Rube Waddell 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 Sandy Koufax and Rube Waddell

Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.54
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.24
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.03
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.64
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
0.59
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.34
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.43
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.48
65.48
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.44
57.44
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.09
79.09
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.53
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
0.79
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.15
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
2.76
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.16
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.228
0.228
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8884
27
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2961.1
9
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
6.79
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2460
7.48
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.48
7.48
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.79
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
817
3.16
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.44
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2396
9.28
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2316
7.04
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.382
1.382
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.053
1.053
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.34
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.22
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.35
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9497
36.77
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11717
35.61
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.17
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.16
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
3.12
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1063
3.23
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.106
1.106
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8662
33.54
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10799
32.82
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.77
36.77
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.61
35.61

Fielding Stats for Sandy Koufax and Rube Waddell

Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.54
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.24
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.65
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8904
27
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2968
9
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.25
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.53
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.88
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
2.24
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.28
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
1.18
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.05
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
1.13
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
2.78
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.96
90.96
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.736
0.736
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.245
2.245
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.21
52.21
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sandy Koufax and Rube Waddell

Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PAverified
397
277.62
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
216.36
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
858
600
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1137
600
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
776
542.66
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1066
562.53
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
75
52.45
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
90.77
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
64
44.76
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
68.07
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
9
6.29
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
15.3
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.28
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.4
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.11
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
11
7.69
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
22.69
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
13.34
9.33
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.21
26.5
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
90
62.94
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
122.96
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
119
83.22
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
116.09
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
26
18.18
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
32.19
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
28
19.58
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
43.8
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
52
36.36
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
73.88
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
-16.49
-11.53
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.89
19.99
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.7
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
30.07
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
42
22.16
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
386
269.93
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
300
158.31
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
2.22
2.22
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.79
3.79
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
24.48
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
23
12.14
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6.99
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.7
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100