Rufus Ligon vs. Christy Mathewson — Career Comparison

Rufus Ligon
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Christy Mathewson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Christy Mathewson posted a stronger line than Rufus Ligon. Christy Mathewson posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.13 vs 4.98) and WHIP (1.058 vs 1.282). By the career numbers, Christy Mathewson 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 Rufus Ligon and Christy Mathewson

Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.1
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
1.2
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.04
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
0.7
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.35
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.49
66.49
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.79
86.79
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
0.82
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.15
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.05
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.98
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1135
2.13
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
27
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14366
27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.1
9
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4788.2
9
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
10.22
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4219
7.93
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.17
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.31
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
1.59
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.62
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2507
4.71
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.437
0.437
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.701
0.701
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.22
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.31
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.11
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
37.75
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18943
35.6
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.14
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.24
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1620
3.04
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
34.6
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18036
33.9
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.75
37.75
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.6
35.6

Fielding Stats for Rufus Ligon and Christy Mathewson

Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.96
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
1.73
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.72
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
27
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10032
27
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
9
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3344
9
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
0.84
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.18
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1506
4.05
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.15
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.18
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1876
5.05
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.18
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1819
4.9
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.96
96.96
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
1.111
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.829
2.829
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.37
41.37
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rufus Ligon and Christy Mathewson

Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
408
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
647
205.51
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1889
600
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
552
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1687
535.84
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.584
0.584
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
114.98
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
144
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
93.07
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
15.88
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.81
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.22
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
21.92
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
53.05
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135.75
43.12
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
144
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
457
145.16
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
192
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
157.23
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.581
0.581
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.543
0.543
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
72
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
47.96
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
120
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
165
52.41
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
192
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
309
98.15
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
66.18
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
149.28
47.42
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
5.4
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
36.84
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
218
69.24
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
21.92
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
6.35
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.32
Rufus Ligon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Christy Mathewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
6.67
Rufus Ligon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Christy Mathewson
Career
Per 600 PA
95.24
95.24