Ralph Brickner vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Ralph Brickner
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican 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 Ralph Brickner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ralph Brickner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.18 and WHIP 1.303 compared to 3.23 and 1.329 for Bill Ricks. By the career numbers, Ralph Brickner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Brickner and Bill Ricks

Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.54
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
3.23
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
3.28
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.45
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
36.82
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
38.55
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
4.26
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.329
1.329
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
33.82
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.82
36.82
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Ralph Brickner and Bill Ricks

Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1056
27
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
9
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Brickner and Bill Ricks

Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
1050
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.625
0.625
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
26.42
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
53.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
203.77
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.625
0.625
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
54.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA