Phil Bickford vs. Johnny Williams — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johnny Williams
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati-Indianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Johnny Williams 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 4.84 and 1.403 for Johnny Williams. 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 Johnny Williams

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.7
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.99
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.52
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.76
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
4.62
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
4.84
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
9.99
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
3.48
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.64
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
3.27
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
806
38.38
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
894
40.03
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
5
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
6.09
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.58
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.403
1.403
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
33.86
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
812
36.36
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.38
38.38
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.03
40.03

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Johnny Williams

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.98
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.55
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.99
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
3.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.54
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.4
95.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.075
2.075
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.5
57.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Johnny Williams

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
56
300
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
551.79
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
107.14
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
96.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.43
34.45
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
117.86
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
155.36
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
53.57
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
101.79
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.13
38.18
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
48.21
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.71
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100