Phil Bickford vs. Joe Cade — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Cade
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Cade 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 7.32 and 2.215 for Joe Cade. 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 Joe Cade

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.78
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.77
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
4.62
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
7.32
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.2
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
12.87
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.87
12.87
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.48
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
7.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.03
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.122
1.122
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
38.38
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
46.68
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
5
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
9.08
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.08
9.08
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.02
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.26
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.215
2.215
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
37.35
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.68
46.68

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Joe Cade

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.72
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.82
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.18
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.31
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.86
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Joe Cade

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
14
381.82
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
490.91
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.636
0.636
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
109.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.64
44.81
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
136.36
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
163.64
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.578
0.578
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.88
51.27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Cade
Career
Per 600 PA