Cliff Bell vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Cliff Bell
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Ricks
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Cliff Bell and Bill Ricks are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill Ricks had the edge in ERA (3.23 vs 4.13). By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Bell and Bill Ricks

Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.65
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.02
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.96
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.42
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
64
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.81
57.81
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.62
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
4.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2960
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.2
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1050
9.58
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.58
9.58
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.35
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.35
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
3.28
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
3.54
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.655
0.655
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.16
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3838
35.01
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
38.55
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.38
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
5.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.05
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.72
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.65
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.329
1.329
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3442
31.4
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.01
35.01
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Cliff Bell and Bill Ricks

Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.75
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.95
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2822
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
940.2
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.4
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
2.25
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.18
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
3.19
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.76
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
3
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
2.63
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.29
94.29
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.716
1.716
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.48
64.48
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.92
56.92
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Bell and Bill Ricks

Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
267.47
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
275.47
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
415
600
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
159
600
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
374
540.72
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
91.08
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
73.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.46
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.89
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.35
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.18
27.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
111.33
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
131.57
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
43.37
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
40.48
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
83.86
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
18.66
26.98
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.78
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
34.7
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
83
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.8
4.8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
18.8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.34
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.34
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA