Phil Bickford vs. Billy Wagner — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Wagner
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Billy Wagner a clear advantage over Phil Bickford across the core pitching metrics. Billy Wagner led in run prevention (ERA+ 183 vs 106), strikeout rate (K%+ 162 vs 112), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 142 vs 98). Phil Bickford held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 117 vs 115). Billy Wagner was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Phil Bickford and Billy Wagner

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
8.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.47
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.02
54.02
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
4.21
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.62
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.31
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.228
0.228
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2709
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
903
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
7.71
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.99
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
3.48
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.99
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.26
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
10
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1196
11.92
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.92
11.92
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.497
1.497
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.657
1.657
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.33
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
38.38
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3600
35.88
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.05
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
7.01
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.61
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.51
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.998
0.998
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
33.86
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3220
32.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.38
38.38
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.88
35.88

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Billy Wagner

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
8.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2709
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
903
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.86
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.24
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.19
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.97
95.97
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Billy Wagner

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
854
24400
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
571.43
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
8.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.45
-12.78
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
342.86
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA