Fred Beene vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Fred Beene
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican 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 Fred Beene 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 3.63 and 1.403 for Fred Beene. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Beene and Bill Ricks

Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.22
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.16
63.16
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
3.63
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
864
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
8.56
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
8.68
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.66
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
3.47
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.59
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
4.88
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.927
0.927
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.22
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1219
38.09
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
38.55
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.47
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
4.31
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
1085
33.91
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Fred Beene and Bill Ricks

Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
865
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
288.1
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.94
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
2.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
2.4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.72
98.72
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.37
95.37
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Beene and Bill Ricks

Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
7666.67
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.94
-62.84
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Beene
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA