Phil Bickford vs. Candy Cummings — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Candy Cummings
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Candy Cummings 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. Candy Cummings posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.42 and WHIP 1.228 compared to 4.62 and 1.302 for Phil Bickford. By the career numbers, Candy Cummings had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Bickford and Candy Cummings

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
1.01
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.01
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.61
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.39
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.89
57.89
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.67
60.67
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.59
99.59
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
0.98
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.08
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.62
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
579
2.42
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6449
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2149.2
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2526
10.58
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
3.48
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.47
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
1.08
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.173
0.173
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.28
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
806
38.38
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9583
40.12
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
5
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1450
6.07
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.228
1.228
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9470
39.65
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Candy Cummings

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.03
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.44
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6645
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2215
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.44
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
1.3
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.26
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
2.01
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
1.74
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.84
86.84
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.689
1.689
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.52
42.52
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Candy Cummings

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
136.72
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1084
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1068
591.14
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
125.65
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
104.61
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.98
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
21.03
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58.89
32.6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
151.66
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
243
134.5
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
82.47
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
59.23
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
256
141.7
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.69
34.7
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
8.86
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
28.23
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.25
21.25
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Candy Cummings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.21
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.66
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.11
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.77
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Candy Cummings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60