Phil Bickford vs. Tom Williams — Career Comparison

Phil Bickford
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tom Williams
Lost GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tom 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. Tom Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.141 compared to 4.62 and 1.302 for Phil Bickford. By the career numbers, Tom Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Bickford and Tom Williams

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.65
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.93
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.68
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.32
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.89
57.89
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.86
67.86
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.52
56.52
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.63
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.62
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
2.93
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2255
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751.2
9
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.71
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
7.84
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.84
7.84
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.33
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.2
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
3.48
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
2.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.52
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
10
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
3.63
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.497
1.497
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.673
0.673
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.26
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
38.38
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3101
37.13
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.05
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
3.69
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.01
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.43
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.43
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
33.86
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2792
33.43
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.38
38.38
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.13
37.13

Fielding Stats for Phil Bickford and Tom Williams

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
8.9
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
1.67
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.68
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
27
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2294
27
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
9
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.2
9
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.4
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
3.51
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.76
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
4.08
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
3.91
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.68
95.68
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.338
2.338
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.85
40.85
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Bickford and Tom Williams

Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
37400
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
141
298.94
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
283
600
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
517.31
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
69.96
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
65.72
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.24
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.24
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.38
13.53
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
74.2
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
103.89
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
14.84
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
16.96
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.8
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
77.73
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.26
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.92
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.36
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94.33
94.33
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
48.76
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.24
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.24
Phil Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0