Elmer Riddle vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Elmer Riddle
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Elmer Riddle built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne 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 3.93 and 1.442 for Gary Wayne. By the career numbers, Elmer Riddle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elmer Riddle and Gary Wayne

Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
1.67
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.46
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.26
65.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.4
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3069
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1023
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
8.57
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.52
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
4.03
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.75
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
3.01
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4406
38.76
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.35
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.85
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.51
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3929
34.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.76
38.76
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Elmer Riddle and Gary Wayne

Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
27
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249.2
9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.77
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.69
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.73
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.226
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Riddle and Gary Wayne

Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
191
300
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
532.46
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.535
0.535
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
108.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
91.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.71
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.28
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.75
31.03
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
128.8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
138.22
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
47.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
43.98
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
89.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.93
32.87
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
29.84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
69
108.38
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.54
5.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
37.7
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.85
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA