Fred Blank vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Fred Blank
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Ricks
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Ricks built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Blank as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Ricks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.23 and WHIP 1.329 compared to 4.5 and 1.750 for Fred Blank. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Blank and Bill Ricks

Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.65
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.96
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.81
57.81
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.179
0.179
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
8.68
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.16
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
41.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
31.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Fred Blank and Bill Ricks

Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
2.25
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.76
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
2.63
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.37
95.37
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Blank and Bill Ricks

Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
275.47
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blank
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA