Sparrow Morton vs. Rip Vowinkel — Career Comparison

Sparrow Morton
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rip Vowinkel
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rip Vowinkel built a career as a starting pitcher and Sparrow Morton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rip Vowinkel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.17 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 5.29 and 1.588 for Sparrow Morton. By the career numbers, Rip Vowinkel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sparrow Morton and Rip Vowinkel

Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.19
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.19
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.29
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.17
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
8.47
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
10.32
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.32
10.32
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
5.82
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.99
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.39
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.12
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
43.94
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
36.33
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10.59
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.15
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
38.12
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
34.15
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.94
43.94
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.33
36.33

Fielding Stats for Sparrow Morton and Rip Vowinkel

Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.71
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.6
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.4
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.167
1.167
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sparrow Morton and Rip Vowinkel

Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
189.47
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
600
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
442.11
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.491
0.491
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
102.45
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
18.28
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
126.32
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.45
109.12
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
14.68
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
225
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Vowinkel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100