Phil Bickford vs. Joe Engel — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Engel
Lost GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Engel 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. Joe Engel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.34 and WHIP 1.439 compared to 4.62 and 1.302 for Phil Bickford. By the career numbers, Joe Engel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Bickford and Joe Engel

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
2.25
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.51
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.5
42.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.96
51.96
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.62
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
3.34
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1222
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407.1
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
7.71
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
7.6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.48
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
5.35
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
3.34
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
38.38
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1722
38.05
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
4.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
33.86
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1456
32.17
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.38
38.38
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Joe Engel

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
27
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
9
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.33
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.76
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.71
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.373
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Joe Engel

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
103
506.56
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
511.48
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.54
7.6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
103.28
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.43
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.59
-7.84
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
68.85
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
265.57
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
2.26
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.67
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Engel
Career
Per 600 PA