Bill Rotes vs. Elmer Riddle — Career Comparison

Bill Rotes
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Elmer Riddle
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Elmer Riddle 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. Elmer Riddle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.400 compared to 7.6 and 2.044 for Bill Rotes. By the career numbers, Elmer Riddle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Rotes and Elmer Riddle

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.19
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.67
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.13
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
1.09
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.57
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.46
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.26
65.26
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.01
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.5
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
7.6
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.4
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3069
27
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1023
9
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
14.48
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
974
8.57
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.48
14.48
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.52
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
3.92
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
4.03
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.31
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
3.01
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.782
0.782
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
45.63
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4406
38.76
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.35
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
10.27
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.85
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.27
10.27
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.044
2.044
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
693
41.12
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3929
34.57
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.63
45.63
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.76
38.76

Fielding Stats for Bill Rotes and Elmer Riddle

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.18
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
27
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.54
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.01
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.72
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.29
85.29
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.73
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.226
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Rotes and Elmer Riddle

Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
153.85
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
300
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
78
600
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
600
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
538.46
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
532.46
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
9
69.23
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
108.38
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
46.15
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
91.1
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.69
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.71
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.38
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.08
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.28
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
27.84
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.75
31.03
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
107.69
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
128.8
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
17
130.77
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
138.22
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
46.15
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
47.12
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
53.85
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
43.98
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
100
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
89.53
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
20.53
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.93
32.87
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
61.54
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
29.84
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
200
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
108.38
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.54
5.54
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
37.7
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.85
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Bill Rotes
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100