Willie Blair vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Willie Blair
Gen XKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Ricks
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Ricks posted a stronger line than Willie Blair. Bill Ricks posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.23 vs 5.04) and WHIP (1.329 vs 1.476). By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Willie Blair and Bill Ricks

Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.95
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.98
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.96
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.42
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.61
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
41.1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.25
33.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
5.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3822
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1274
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1438
10.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
2.93
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
3.28
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
759
5.36
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
5.04
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.922
0.922
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5572
39.36
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.53
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
778
5.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.37
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
0.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.455
1.455
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5022
35.48
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Willie Blair and Bill Ricks

Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.95
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.98
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.95
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3822
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1274
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.46
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.99
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
1.51
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
1.45
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.79
95.79
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.37
95.37
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.25
33.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Blair and Bill Ricks

Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
418
1510.84
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
159
600
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
148
534.94
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
11
39.76
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
10
36.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.61
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.61
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
4.9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
12
43.37
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
17
61.45
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.69
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
18.07
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
11
39.76
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.85
-21.15
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
89
321.69
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.87
1.87
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
43.37
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA