Rick Austin vs. Kemp Wicker — Career Comparison

Rick Austin
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kemp Wicker
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kemp Wicker 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. Rick Austin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.63 and WHIP 1.721 compared to 4.66 and 1.560 for Kemp Wicker. By the career numbers, Rick Austin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Austin and Kemp Wicker

Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.89
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
2.55
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.77
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.64
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.38
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.63
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.66
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
9.33
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
10.72
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.72
10.72
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.13
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.83
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
5.16
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.32
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.99
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
7.01
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.72
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
40.9
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
634
40.47
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.38
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.09
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.83
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
5.36
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.66
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
516
34.15
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
37.15
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.9
40.9
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.47
40.47

Fielding Stats for Rick Austin and Kemp Wicker

Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.88
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.53
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
27
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136.1
9
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.52
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.91
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.91
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.326
0.326
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.525
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Austin and Kemp Wicker

Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
2427.27
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
40
461.54
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
19
518.18
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
530.77
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
23.99
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.2
13.81
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
80.77
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
12.28
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
4.06
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
23.08
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
11
300
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA