Cody Allen vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Cody Allen
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican 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 Cody Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cody Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.253 compared to 3.23 and 1.329 for Bill Ricks. By the career numbers, Cody Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cody Allen and Bill Ricks

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
9.34
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.6
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.64
43.64
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.97
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
3.23
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
7.28
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
8.68
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.07
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
3.75
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
11.51
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
5.04
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.51
11.51
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.695
1.695
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.78
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1943
37.71
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
38.55
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
5.65
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
4.26
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.56
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.329
1.329
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715
33.29
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Cody Allen and Bill Ricks

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
9.34
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.62
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.95
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.89
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.88
93.88
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.096
0.096
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cody Allen and Bill Ricks

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
288600
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA