Cy Buker vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Cy Buker
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational 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 Cy Buker 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 3.3 and 1.546 for Cy Buker. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Buker and Bill Ricks

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.72
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.54
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
3.3
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.64
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
4.95
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
40.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.23
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
4.26
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
35.45
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Cy Buker and Bill Ricks

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1056
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
9
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Buker and Bill Ricks

Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1260
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
480
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
5.86
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
5.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA