Ken Ash vs. Rick Langford — Career Comparison

Ken Ash
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Langford built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ash 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 4.96 and 1.469 for Ken Ash. By the career numbers, Rick Langford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ash and Rick Langford

Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.07
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.73
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.44
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.45
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
4.96
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
4.01
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.1
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
9.93
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1570
9.48
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.93
9.93
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
3.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.62
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
4.05
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.729
0.729
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.23
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
38.44
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.84
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
6.08
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
34.81
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.44
38.44
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Ken Ash and Rick Langford

Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.57
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4482
27
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1494
9
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.27
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.19
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
2.15
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.96
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ash and Rick Langford

Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
58
725
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
575
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
75
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.03
12.92
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
87.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
87.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
50
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-1.12
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
100
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA