Vern Bickford vs. Dick Tomanek — Career Comparison

Vern Bickford
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dick Tomanek
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Vern Bickford built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Tomanek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Vern Bickford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.71 and WHIP 1.400 compared to 4.95 and 1.524 for Dick Tomanek. By the career numbers, Vern Bickford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Bickford and Dick Tomanek

Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
1.52
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.13
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.25
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.55
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.39
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.48
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.66
53.66
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.87
81.87
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
3.71
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.95
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3229
27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
27
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1076.1
9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
8.7
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
9
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.64
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.32
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
3.9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.36
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
3.76
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
6.47
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.852
0.852
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.74
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.21
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
38.81
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
39.78
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.19
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.06
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
4.18
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.49
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.485
1.485
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4149
34.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
35.18
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Vern Bickford and Dick Tomanek

Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
409.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
4.3
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
666
27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
9
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
153
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
454.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.54
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
621
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2.03
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
607.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.95
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.453
0.453
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
42.75
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Bickford and Dick Tomanek

Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
265.05
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
1222.64
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
365
531.55
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
566.04
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
83.01
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
101.89
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
77.18
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.83
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.83
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.71
12.69
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
38.22
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
88.83
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
169.81
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
97.57
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
124.53
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
33.5
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
40.78
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
74.27
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
6
67.92
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.38
4.93
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
28.8
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.56
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
123.79
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
124.53
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
4.82
4.82
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
53.88
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Dick Tomanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Tomanek
Career
Per 600 PA