Phil Bickford vs. Buttons Briggs — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Buttons Briggs
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Buttons Briggs 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. Buttons Briggs posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.41 and WHIP 1.415 compared to 4.62 and 1.302 for Phil Bickford. By the career numbers, Buttons Briggs had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Bickford and Buttons Briggs

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.02
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.49
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.35
48.35
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.51
91.51
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.88
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.62
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
3.41
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
855.2
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
879
9.25
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.48
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
3.49
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
3.56
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
0.783
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.18
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.41
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
806
38.38
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3656
38.45
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
5
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
5.02
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.415
1.415
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3285
34.55
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Buttons Briggs

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.53
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2568
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
856
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.44
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.68
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.22
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.12
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.906
1.906
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.17
47.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Buttons Briggs

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
106
181.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
350
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
324
555.43
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
82.29
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
72
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.29
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.62
21.63
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
101.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
114.86
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
32.57
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.07
15.54
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
32.57
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
113.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
5.3
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100