Tom Baker vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Tom Baker
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational 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 Tom Baker 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 4.73 and 1.659 for Tom Baker. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Baker and Bill Ricks

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.54
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.47
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.24
13.24
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
4.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
10.14
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.31
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
4.79
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
3.02
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
41.15
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.87
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.67
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
1.659
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
36.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.15
41.15
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Tom Baker and Bill Ricks

Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1056
27
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
9
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Baker and Bill Ricks

Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
688.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
61
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
570.49
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.285
0.285
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.73
0.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.673
0.673
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
177.05
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
162.26
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
137.7
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
135.85
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
39.34
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
26.42
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
70.71
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.65
59.05
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
216.39
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
203.77
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
206.56
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
177.36
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.724
0.724
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.661
0.661
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.532
0.532
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
49.18
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
49.18
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
98.36
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.11
79.78
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.75
70.77
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
29.51
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
59.02
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.17
10.17
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA