Willie Adams vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Willie Adams
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Ricks
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Ricks posted a stronger line than Willie Adams. Bill Ricks posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.23 vs 4.37) and WHIP (1.329 vs 1.572). By the career numbers, Bill Ricks 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 Willie Adams and Bill Ricks

Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.06
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.66
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.51
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.31
32.31
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
4.37
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
284.1
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
9.59
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
4.56
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
2.34
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1238
39.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.95
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
5.44
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.572
1.572
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1075
34.03
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.19
39.19
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Willie Adams and Bill Ricks

Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1056
27
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
9
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.39
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.231
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Adams and Bill Ricks

Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
423.91
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
573.91
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.7
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
45.65
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
10.96
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.09
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
6
39.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.34
-8.72
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
27
176.09
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
3.41
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA