Rick Austin vs. Dick Newsome — Career Comparison

Rick Austin
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Newsome
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Newsome built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Austin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Newsome posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.5 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.63 and 1.721 for Rick Austin. By the career numbers, Dick Newsome had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Austin and Dick Newsome

Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.89
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.45
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.6
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.53
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.56
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.47
51.47
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.06
87.06
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.62
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.63
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
4.5
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1578
27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
9
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
9.33
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
575
9.84
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.13
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.55
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.16
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
3.66
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.99
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
7.01
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
2.36
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.669
0.669
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.22
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
40.9
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
39.94
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.38
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.83
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
5.06
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.66
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
34.15
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2108
36.07
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.9
40.9
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.94
39.94

Fielding Stats for Rick Austin and Dick Newsome

Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.88
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.53
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
27
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136.1
9
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.52
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.91
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.91
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.6
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.326
0.326
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.788
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Austin and Dick Newsome

Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
2427.27
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
87
257.14
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
600
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
19
518.18
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
534.98
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
115.27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
100.49
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.78
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.78
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
23.99
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.15
29.99
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
130.05
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
136.36
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
138.92
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
23.65
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
44.33
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
67.98
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
12.28
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.36
33.57
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
23.65
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
300
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
127.09
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
4.72
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
41.38
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.87
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Newsome
Career
Per 600 PA