Ken Ash vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Ken Ash
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational 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 Ken Ash 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 4.96 and 1.469 for Ken Ash. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ash and Bill Ricks

Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.07
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.73
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.45
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
4.96
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.1
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
9.93
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.93
9.93
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
3.29
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.62
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
689
38.44
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
38.55
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.84
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
6.08
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
34.81
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.44
38.44
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Ken Ash and Bill Ricks

Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1056
27
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
9
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.96
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ash and Bill Ricks

Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
725
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
575
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
6
75
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
5
62.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1.03
12.92
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
7
87.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
7
87.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
4
50
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-1.12
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
8
100
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA