Phil Bickford vs. Ed Whitson — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ed Whitson
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ed Whitson 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 led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 117 vs 93), run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 83), and strikeout rate (K%+ 112 vs 97). Role difference aside, Phil Bickford holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Phil Bickford and Ed Whitson

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.82
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.34
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
0.51
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.49
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.6
50.6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.67
73.67
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.62
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
3.79
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6720
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.85
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
3.48
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.8
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.22
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1266
5.09
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.13
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.12
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
38.38
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9479
38.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.19
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1045
4.2
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.41
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.31
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.64
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8573
34.45
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.38
38.38
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Ed Whitson

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.82
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.33
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6720
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.49
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
1.1
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.08
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
1.68
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.6
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.98
94.98
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.878
0.878
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.45
73.45
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Ed Whitson

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
461
411
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
673
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
576
513.52
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
64.19
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
55.27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.02
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.89
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
8.92
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.81
11.42
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
74.89
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
80.24
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
21.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
24.07
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
44.58
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-0.63
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
16.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
169
150.67
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
70.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.67
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA