Kirk Rueter vs. Erik Sabel — Career Comparison

Kirk Rueter
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Erik Sabel
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kirk Rueter built a career as a starting pitcher and Erik Sabel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kirk Rueter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.27 and WHIP 1.416 compared to 5.02 and 1.541 for Erik Sabel. By the career numbers, Kirk Rueter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirk Rueter and Erik Sabel

Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.6
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
7.38
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.58
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.61
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.43
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.56
58.56
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.82
98.82
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
911
4.27
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.02
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2092
9.82
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
10.48
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.82
9.82
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.03
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.48
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
2.73
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.19
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
3.84
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
4.57
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.803
0.803
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8210
38.52
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
39.54
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
4.71
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
5.16
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.44
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.28
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.02
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7450
34.96
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
36
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Kirk Rueter and Erik Sabel

Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.6
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
7.38
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.58
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.63
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
2.06
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.03
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
2.73
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.48
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
2.69
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.48
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.8
98.8
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.688
1.688
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.82
98.82
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.25
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirk Rueter and Erik Sabel

Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
349
282.97
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
15000
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
740
600
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
622
504.32
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
77.03
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
69.73
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.3
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.3
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.76
14.4
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
84.32
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
98.92
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
35.68
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
32.43
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
68.11
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.98
9.71
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
21.89
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
85.14
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.05
7.05
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
69.73
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.05
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.3
Erik Sabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Erik Sabel
Career
Per 600 PA