Billy Ripken vs. Whitey Wietelmann — Career Comparison

Billy Ripken
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueSecond Baseman
Whitey Wietelmann
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueShortstop

Billy Ripken and Whitey Wietelmann are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 87 for Billy Ripken, 90 for Whitey Wietelmann), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 79 vs 80). The overall lean goes to Whitey Wietelmann, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Billy Ripken and Whitey Wietelmann

Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
912
181.49
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
580
178.64
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3015
600
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
1948
600
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2729
543.08
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
1762
542.71
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.608
0.608
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
674
134.13
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
409
125.98
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
527
104.88
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
341
105.03
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
24.08
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
55
16.94
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
6
1.19
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.85
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
3.98
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
7
2.16
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
29.25
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
68
20.94
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
244.15
48.59
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
151.9
46.79
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
867
172.54
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
497
153.08
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
866
172.34
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
573
176.49
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Whitey Wietelmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
0.58
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
287
57.11
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
170
52.36
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
45.57
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
122
37.58
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
98.71
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
285
87.78
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
266.37
53.01
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
172.14
53.02
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.58
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
8
2.46
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
174
34.63
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
156
48.05
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
0.6
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
332
66.07
Whitey Wietelmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
40.35
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
9.08
9.08
Whitey Wietelmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.87
14.87
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Whitey Wietelmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.19
1.19
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
14.33
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
22
6.78
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.38
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
81
16.12
Whitey Wietelmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
8.93
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
4.98
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
14
4.31
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
3.18
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
8.16
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 600 PA
14
4.31
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 600 PA
60.98
60.98
Whitey Wietelmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Billy Ripken and Whitey Wietelmann

Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
1.17
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808
1.03
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21212
27
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7070.2
9
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1670
2.13
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1091
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2395
3.05
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1531
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.08
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4126
5.25
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2743
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4065
5.17
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2622
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.52
98.52
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.438
4.438
Whitey Wietelmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4.666
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.21
88.21
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Ripken
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
0.73
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Ripken
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Wietelmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0