Harry Burrell vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Harry Burrell
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief 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 Harry Burrell 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 4.81 and 1.674 for Harry Burrell. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Burrell and Bill Ricks

Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.65
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.84
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.54
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.81
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
10.67
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.84
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.4
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.98
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.26
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
42.28
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
7.53
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.674
1.674
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
37.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.28
42.28
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Harry Burrell and Bill Ricks

Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.56
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.44
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.06
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.375
1.375
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Burrell and Bill Ricks

Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
8
240
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
275.47
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
26.42
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.96
28.83
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
150
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
83.02
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
150
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
25.41
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
5
150
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Burrell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Burrell
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA