Emil Kush vs. Rube Vickers — Career Comparison

Emil Kush
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Vickers
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Vickers built a career as a starting pitcher and Emil Kush as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Vickers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.190 compared to 3.48 and 1.392 for Emil Kush. By the career numbers, Rube Vickers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Emil Kush and Rube Vickers

Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.9
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.73
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.88
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.55
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.43
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.9
44.9
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.14
51.14
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
3.48
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
2.93
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1039
27
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1374
27
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
346.1
9
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
9
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
8.42
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
8.37
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.62
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.01
0.01
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
4.11
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.34
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
3.9
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
4.19
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.26
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1481
38.49
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1839
36.14
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.03
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.79
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
4.24
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.392
1.392
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1313
34.12
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
33.48
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.14
36.14

Fielding Stats for Emil Kush and Rube Vickers

Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.75
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.8
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1392
27
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
9
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.31
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.42
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.93
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.73
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.52
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.38
93.38
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.56
45.56
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02

Hitting Stats for Emil Kush and Rube Vickers

Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
1058.82
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
90
301.68
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
600
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
578.82
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
163
546.37
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
127.06
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
87.15
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
98.82
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
73.74
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.41
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.24
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.41
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
38.34
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.49
21.76
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
155.29
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
100.56
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
148.24
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
120.67
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
56.47
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.41
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.18
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
43.58
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
56.98
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
40.59
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
5.3
17.76
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.18
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
33.52
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
34
113.97
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.08
7.08
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
5.26
5.26
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
20.11
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA