Phil Bickford vs. Ollie West — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ollie West
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ollie West 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 5.02 and 1.500 for Ollie West. 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 Ollie West

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.89
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.98
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.46
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
4.62
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
5.02
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
9.72
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.48
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
3.78
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
3.33
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.57
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
38.38
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
41.09
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.72
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
5
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
6
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.43
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
36
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.09
41.09

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Ollie West

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.91
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.02
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.33
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.74
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.68
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.67
97.67
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Ollie West

Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
30
305.08
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
569.49
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0.627
0.627
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
152.54
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
142.37
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.23
53.2
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
183.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
172.88
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0.615
0.615
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
101.69
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.43
65.37
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie West
Career
Per 600 PA