Norman Plitt vs. Rube Waddell — Career Comparison

Norman Plitt
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rube Waddell
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Waddell posted a stronger line than Norman Plitt. Rube Waddell posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.16 vs 4.77) and WHIP (1.102 vs 1.716). 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 Norman Plitt and Rube Waddell

Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.89
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.24
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
1.03
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.59
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.75
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.43
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.44
57.44
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
0.79
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.15
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.77
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.16
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8884
27
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.2
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2961.1
9
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
10.67
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2460
7.48
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.77
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.44
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.13
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2316
7.04
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.22
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.35
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
41.07
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11717
35.61
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.16
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.53
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
3.23
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.716
1.716
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
36.04
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10799
32.82
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.07
41.07
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.61
35.61

Fielding Stats for Norman Plitt and Rube Waddell

Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
1.24
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
0.65
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8904
27
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2968
9
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.53
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
2.24
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.28
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.05
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
2.78
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.96
90.96
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.245
2.245
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.21
52.21
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.05
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norman Plitt and Rube Waddell

Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
627.27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
216.36
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1137
600
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
20
545.45
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1066
562.53
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
90.77
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
68.07
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
15.3
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.28
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.11
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
22.69
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.13
30.93
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50.21
26.5
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
233
122.96
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
116.09
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
32.19
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
43.8
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
109.09
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
73.88
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
41.46
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.89
19.99
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
22.16
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
300
158.31
Norman Plitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
4.4
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
3.79
3.79
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
12.14
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Norman Plitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100