Joe Bitker vs. Kemp Wicker — Career Comparison

Joe Bitker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kemp Wicker
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kemp Wicker built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Bitker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kemp Wicker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.560 compared to 4.73 and 1.500 for Joe Bitker. By the career numbers, Kemp Wicker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Bitker and Kemp Wicker

Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
5.06
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
2.55
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.77
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.64
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.82
58.82
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.38
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.73
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.66
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
27
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.2
9
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
8.44
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
10.72
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.72
10.72
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.35
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.83
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.05
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.32
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.01
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
8.1
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.72
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
39.83
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
40.47
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.36
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.09
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.73
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
5.36
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.68
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.388
1.388
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
35.1
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
37.15
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.83
39.83
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47

Fielding Stats for Joe Bitker and Kemp Wicker

Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
5.06
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
27
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.2
9
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.01
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.35
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.35
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.525
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Bitker and Kemp Wicker

Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
15
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
461.54
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
600
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
530.77
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
13.81
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
4.06
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.08
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
92.31
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Bitker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kemp Wicker
Career
Per 600 PA