Bert Abbey vs. Rick Langford — Career Comparison

Bert Abbey
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Langford built a career as a starting pitcher and Bert Abbey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Langford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.01 and WHIP 1.351 compared to 4.52 and 1.546 for Bert Abbey. By the career numbers, Rick Langford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Abbey and Rick Langford

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
1.57
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.03
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.44
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.63
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.78
40.78
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.28
82.28
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.38
75.38
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.82
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.51
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
4.52
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
4.01
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686
10.87
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1570
9.48
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.87
10.87
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
3.04
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
2.55
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
4.05
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.729
0.729
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
40.69
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.22
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
7
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2350
37.24
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5796
34.99
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.69
40.69
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Bert Abbey and Rick Langford

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.25
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.57
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.12
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.74
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
2.19
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.39
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
2.15
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.28
87.28
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.911
1.911
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Abbey and Rick Langford

Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
79
188.1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
535.71
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.496
0.496
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
90.48
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
14.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.95
30.83
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
111.9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
140.48
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
50
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
90.48
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.76
30.37
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
128.57
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Abbey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA