Phil Bickford vs. Gary Blaylock — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gary Blaylock
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gary Blaylock 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. Phil Bickford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.62 and WHIP 1.302 compared to 4.8 and 1.655 for Gary Blaylock. By the career numbers, Phil Bickford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Bickford and Gary Blaylock

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.94
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.71
31.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
4.62
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.8
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
125.2
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
10.53
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.53
10.53
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.48
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.8
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.106
1.106
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
38.38
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
40.61
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
5
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.3
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.631
1.631
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
36.24
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.61
40.61

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Gary Blaylock

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.94
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
125.2
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.93
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.29
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.36
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.22
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.756
0.756
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.71
31.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Gary Blaylock

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
46
745.95
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
583.78
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.65
42.98
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
194.59
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
81.08
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.472
0.472
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.18
19.2
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
291.89
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
2.06
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA