Jeremy Affeldt vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Jeremy Affeldt
Gen XArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Ricks
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Ricks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jeremy Affeldt as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Ricks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.23 and WHIP 1.329 compared to 3.97 and 1.448 for Jeremy Affeldt. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jeremy Affeldt and Bill Ricks

Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
7.52
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.41
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.42
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.45
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.31
48.31
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
3.97
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2778
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
926
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
904
8.79
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.74
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
3.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
7
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
5.04
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.205
1.205
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.53
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.41
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4034
39.21
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.57
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
4.42
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.41
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.24
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.99
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.85
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3529
34.3
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.21
39.21
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Jeremy Affeldt and Bill Ricks

Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
7.52
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.41
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2778
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
926
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.44
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
1.79
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
2.35
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
2.23
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.63
94.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeremy Affeldt and Bill Ricks

Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
774
24442.11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
536.84
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
26.78
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
94.74
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
5
157.89
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.98
30.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
189.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeremy Affeldt
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA