Jim Brosnan vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Jim Brosnan
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth 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 Jim Brosnan 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 3.54 and 1.379 for Jim Brosnan. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Brosnan and Bill Ricks

Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
4.17
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.51
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.54
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.51
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.92
53.92
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
3.54
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2494
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
831.1
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
790
8.55
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
8.68
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.87
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
3.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.48
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
5.49
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
5.04
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.49
5.49
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.17
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3510
38
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
38.55
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.18
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
3.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
4.26
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.329
1.329
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3189
34.52
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Jim Brosnan and Bill Ricks

Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
4.17
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.51
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2494
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
831.1
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.64
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
1.58
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
2.31
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
2.22
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.24
96.24
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.37
95.37
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.533
0.533
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.21
12.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Brosnan and Bill Ricks

Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
1178.57
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
196
600
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
159
600
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
541.84
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
27
82.65
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
15
45.92
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
30.61
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.06
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.06
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
36.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
7
26.42
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
8.19
25.07
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
42
128.57
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
34
104.08
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
30.61
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
27.55
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
18
55.1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
4.79
14.65
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
21.43
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
54
165.31
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
3.63
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Brosnan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
36.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.12
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brosnan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA