Virgil Barnes vs. Phil Bickford — Career Comparison

Virgil Barnes
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Virgil Barnes built a career as a starting pitcher and Phil Bickford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Virgil Barnes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 4.62 and 1.302 for Phil Bickford. By the career numbers, Virgil Barnes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Virgil Barnes and Phil Bickford

Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
1.69
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.11
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.49
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.83
50.83
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.85
65.85
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.48
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
3.66
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.62
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3282
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1094
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1192
9.81
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.81
9.81
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.38
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
2.41
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
3.48
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
2.26
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.519
0.519
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4643
38.2
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
38.38
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.26
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
4.32
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4342
35.72
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.38
38.38

Fielding Stats for Virgil Barnes and Phil Bickford

Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
27
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
9
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.33
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.76
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.71
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.24
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.498
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Virgil Barnes and Phil Bickford

Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
312.98
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
371
566.41
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.35
6.65
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
61.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
71.76
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
30.53
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.74
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.03
-13.79
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.69
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
181.68
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.3
3.3
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Virgil Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA