Sterling Slaughter vs. Rube Waddell — Career Comparison

Sterling Slaughter
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rube Waddell
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Waddell posted a stronger line than Sterling Slaughter. Rube Waddell posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.16 vs 5.75) and WHIP (1.102 vs 1.974). By the career numbers, Rube Waddell 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 Sterling Slaughter and Rube Waddell

Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.48
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.24
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
340
1.03
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
0.59
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.7
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.43
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.44
57.44
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.54
83.54
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
0.79
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.15
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.75
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
2.16
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8884
27
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2961.1
9
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
11.15
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2460
7.48
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.39
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.57
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.44
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
5.57
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2316
7.04
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.053
1.053
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.22
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.35
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
43.03
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11717
35.61
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.16
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
6.1
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
3.23
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.858
1.858
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.102
1.102
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
37.45
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10799
32.82
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.03
43.03
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.61
35.61

Fielding Stats for Sterling Slaughter and Rube Waddell

Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.48
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
1.24
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
0.65
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8904
27
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2968
9
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.53
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
2.24
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.28
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.05
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
2.78
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.96
90.96
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.245
2.245
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.21
52.21
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.05
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sterling Slaughter and Rube Waddell

Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
923.08
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
216.36
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1137
600
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
553.85
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1066
562.53
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
90.77
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
68.07
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
15.3
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.28
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.11
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
22.69
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
7.62
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.21
26.5
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
122.96
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
220
116.09
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
32.19
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
43.8
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
73.88
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-13.25
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.89
19.99
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
22.16
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
369.23
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
300
158.31
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.63
1.63
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.79
3.79
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.14
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.17
Sterling Slaughter
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100