Jim Bagby vs. Ricky Bottalico — Career Comparison

Jim Bagby
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ricky Bottalico
Gen XConnecticutThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jim Bagby built a career as a starting pitcher and Ricky Bottalico as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Bagby posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 3.99 and 1.443 for Ricky Bottalico. By the career numbers, Jim Bagby had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bagby and Ricky Bottalico

Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
1.56
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
8.05
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
1.03
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.47
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.43
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.6
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.07
59.07
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
44
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.82
65.82
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.66
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.14
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
1.66
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
3.11
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
3.99
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5465
27
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1886
27
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1821.2
9
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
628.2
9
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1884
9.31
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
8.03
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.02
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
2.26
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
4.52
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
2.22
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
8.23
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.498
0.498
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.09
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.53
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.16
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7533
37.22
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2730
39.08
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.45
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
4.31
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
3.8
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
4.27
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.4
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.27
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.53
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7042
34.79
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
2340
33.5
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Jim Bagby and Ricky Bottalico

Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
8.05
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1886
27
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
628.2
9
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.54
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.94
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.53
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.49
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.2
97.2
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.665
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bagby and Ricky Bottalico

Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
325
269.34
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
562
18733.33
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
724
600
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
660
546.96
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
566.67
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
119.34
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
83.7
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
29.01
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.97
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.66
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
35.64
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52.64
43.63
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
12.93
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
163.26
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
4
133.33
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
147.51
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
57.18
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
49.72
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
105.25
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.56
46.04
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-16.58
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.66
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
26.52
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
75.41
Ricky Bottalico
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
266.67
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.96
7.96
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
24.86
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.49
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.49
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ricky Bottalico
Career
Per 600 PA