Bill Rotes vs. Rusty Richards — Career Comparison

Bill Rotes
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rusty Richards
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rusty Richards built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Rotes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rusty Richards posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.97 and WHIP 1.839 compared to 7.6 and 2.044 for Bill Rotes. By the career numbers, Rusty Richards had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Rotes and Rusty Richards

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.19
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.61
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.13
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.74
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.3
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.41
29.41
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.01
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
7.6
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.97
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.97
6.97
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.4
8.4
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
14.48
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
10.45
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.45
10.45
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.61
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
3.92
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
6.1
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.31
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.48
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
45.63
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
42.68
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
10.27
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.97
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.27
10.27
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.97
6.97
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.74
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.044
2.044
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.839
1.839
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
41.12
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
35.71
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.63
45.63
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.68
42.68

Fielding Stats for Bill Rotes and Rusty Richards

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.18
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.61
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.74
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
27
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
9
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.54
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.61
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
2.01
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.48
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.72
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.48
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.29
85.29
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Rotes and Rusty Richards

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
153.85
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
600
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
538.46
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
69.23
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.15
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.69
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.38
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.08
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
27.84
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
107.69
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
130.77
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.15
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
53.85
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
100
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
20.53
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-43.52
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
61.54
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
200
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
Rusty Richards
Career
Per 600 PA