Slim Branham vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Slim Branham
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland Tate StarsNegro National 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 Slim Branham. Bill Ricks posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.23 vs 5.7) and WHIP (1.329 vs 1.577). 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 Slim Branham and Bill Ricks

Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.79
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.21
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.96
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.68
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.61
67.61
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.81
57.81
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
5.7
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.443
0.443
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1071
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
10.01
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.01
10.01
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
4.18
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
3.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1117
28.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
38.55
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
6.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.03
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.72
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.53
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.577
1.577
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
897
22.61
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.515
0.515
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.16
28.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Slim Branham and Bill Ricks

Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.55
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.71
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.95
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
257.1
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.71
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
2.25
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.28
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.37
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.76
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
4.09
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
2.63
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.6
93.6
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.603
1.603
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.12
67.12
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.92
56.92
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Slim Branham and Bill Ricks

Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
313.55
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
155
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
145
561.29
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.673
0.673
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.673
0.673
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
37
143.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
25
96.77
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
30.97
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.61
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.55
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
46.45
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
7
26.42
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
15.16
58.69
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
209.03
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
54
203.77
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
42
162.58
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.652
0.652
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.532
0.532
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
92.9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
21
79.25
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
16
61.94
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
39
150.97
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
16.89
65.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.35
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
19.35
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Branham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA