Rube Benton vs. Phil Bickford — Career Comparison

Rube Benton
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rube Benton 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. Rube Benton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.265 compared to 4.62 and 1.302 for Phil Bickford. By the career numbers, Rube Benton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rube Benton and Phil Bickford

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
1.56
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.54
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
0.51
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.02
51.02
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.79
69.79
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.52
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.08
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
863
3.09
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.62
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7552
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2517.1
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2472
8.84
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.19
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
2.55
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
3.48
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
950
3.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.24
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.34
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10539
37.68
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
38.38
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.3
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
3.99
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.265
1.265
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9732
34.79
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.38
38.38

Fielding Stats for Rube Benton and Phil Bickford

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
103.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
8.9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
17.76
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
161.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
6.87
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
185.68
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
178.82
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.3
96.3
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.728
1.728
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.45
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Benton and Phil Bickford

Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
295.6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
825
558.06
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
96.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
118
79.82
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
12.85
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.23
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34.38
23.26
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
116.35
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
112.29
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
30.44
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
40.59
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
70.35
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28.23
19.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.35
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
14.88
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
188
127.17
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
4.72
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
25.7
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.38
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA