Fred Bell vs. Bill Essick — Career Comparison

Fred Bell
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Essick
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Fred Bell and Bill Essick are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill Essick had the edge in ERA (2.95 vs 4.51). By the career numbers, Bill Essick 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 Fred Bell and Bill Essick

Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.67
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.33
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.04
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.56
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.52
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.59
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.65
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.74
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
4.51
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.95
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
8.54
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
9.15
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.25
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
4.39
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.54
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.05
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3.39
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.937
0.937
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
28.34
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
37.48
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.29
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.44
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
5.47
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.87
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.38
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.436
1.436
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1095
22.87
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
33.49
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.34
28.34
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.48
37.48

Fielding Stats for Fred Bell and Bill Essick

Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.22
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.33
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.89
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1530
27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
9
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.95
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
2.15
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.32
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.8
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.11
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.66
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.397
1.397
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Bell and Bill Essick

Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
241.99
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
9
225
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
600
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
522.1
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
525
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.844
0.844
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
140.88
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
89.5
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
16.57
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.92
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.31
88.35
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
4.5
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
246.96
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
193.92
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
0.81
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.839
0.839
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
99.45
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
97.79
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
177.35
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.93
94.36
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.98
-24.46
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
7
175
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Essick
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
24.86
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
19.89
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
19.89
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bill Essick
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100