Rube Vickers vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Rube Vickers
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Rube Vickers posted a stronger line than Michael Wacha. Rube Vickers posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.93 vs 3.89) and WHIP (1.190 vs 1.286). By the career numbers, Rube Vickers 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 Rube Vickers and Michael Wacha

Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.88
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.9
44.9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.14
51.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
2.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1374
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
8.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.01
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
4.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1839
36.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
4.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
33.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.14
36.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Rube Vickers and Michael Wacha

Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1392
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.38
93.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.56
45.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Vickers and Michael Wacha

Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
90
301.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
179
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
546.37
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
87.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
73.74
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.41
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.41
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.49
21.76
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
100.56
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
120.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
43.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
17
56.98
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
17.76
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
33.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
113.97
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.26
5.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rube Vickers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rube Vickers
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100