Phil Bickford vs. Wilmer Fields — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wilmer Fields
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wilmer Fields 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. Wilmer Fields posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.299 compared to 4.62 and 1.302 for Phil Bickford. By the career numbers, Wilmer Fields had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Bickford and Wilmer Fields

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.88
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.89
57.89
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.67
76.67
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.65
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
4.62
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
3.47
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236.1
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
8.83
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
3.48
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.86
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
4.15
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
806
38.38
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
38.42
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
4.19
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.72
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.14
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.299
1.299
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
911
34.69
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.42
38.42

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Wilmer Fields

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.53
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1444
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481.1
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.97
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.34
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.24
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.51
69.51
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Wilmer Fields

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
95
230.77
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
573.28
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.675
0.675
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
153.04
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
114.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.86
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12.15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.86
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
38.87
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
61.11
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.48
61.88
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
213.77
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
172.47
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.664
0.664
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
82.59
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
106.88
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
184.62
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.04
70.55
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.86
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123.5
123.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.29
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilmer Fields
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100