Kirk Rueter vs. Johnny Schmitz — Career Comparison

Kirk Rueter
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johnny Schmitz
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Johnny Schmitz posted a stronger line than Kirk Rueter. Johnny Schmitz posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.55 vs 4.27) and home runs allowed (0.48 per nine innings vs 1.03). By the career numbers, Johnny Schmitz had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Kirk Rueter and Johnny Schmitz

Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
1.6
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
1.82
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.58
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
1.17
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.61
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.46
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.43
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.57
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.56
58.56
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.93
44.93
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.82
98.82
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.21
64.21
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.43
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
911
4.27
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
3.55
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5438
27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1812.2
9
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2092
9.82
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1766
8.77
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.03
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.48
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
2.73
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
757
3.76
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.19
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
3.84
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
3.7
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.829
0.829
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.2
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.17
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8210
38.52
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7779
38.62
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.4
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1004
4.71
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
841
4.18
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.44
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.28
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.02
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7450
34.96
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6987
34.69
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Kirk Rueter and Johnny Schmitz

Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
1.6
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
8.38
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.58
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.08
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5754
27
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1918
9
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
0.63
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.59
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
439
2.06
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
11.06
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
581
2.73
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
14.18
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
2.69
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
13.65
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.8
98.8
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.688
1.688
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.628
1.628
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.82
98.82
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.84
12.84
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.25
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.98
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirk Rueter and Johnny Schmitz

Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
349
282.97
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
368
339.69
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
740
600
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
650
600
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
622
504.32
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
587
541.85
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
77.03
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
83
76.62
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
69.73
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
69
63.69
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.3
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.31
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.77
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.85
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.3
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.92
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.76
14.4
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.54
15.27
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
104
84.32
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
96
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
98.92
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
103
95.08
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
35.68
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
32
29.54
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
32.43
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
32
29.54
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
68.11
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
62
57.23
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.98
9.71
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
3.86
3.57
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
21.89
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
20
18.46
Kirk Rueter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
85.14
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
147
135.69
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.05
7.05
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
4.42
4.42
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
69.73
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
43
39.69
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.05
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.3
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
14
12.92
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Rueter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA