Ryan Dempster vs. Bryan Hickerson — Career Comparison

Ryan Dempster
Gen XCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bryan Hickerson
Baby BoomersMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ryan Dempster built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Hickerson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bryan Hickerson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 73), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 90), and run prevention (ERA+ 87 vs 83). Ryan Dempster held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 97). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bryan Hickerson.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Dempster and Bryan Hickerson

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
2.18
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.65
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.32
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.8
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.5
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.5
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.47
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.81
49.81
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.62
60.62
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.22
17.22
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.33
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
4.35
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
4.72
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7161
27
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213
27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
9
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
404.1
9
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2347
8.85
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
10.04
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
1.01
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.16
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1071
4.04
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.18
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.18
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.42
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
7.82
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
6.21
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.044
1.044
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.3
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.34
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10412
39.26
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1757
39.11
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.7
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.69
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1250
4.71
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
4.92
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.38
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.51
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.24
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.79
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.89
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.432
1.432
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9086
34.26
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1577
35.1
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.26
39.26
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Ryan Dempster and Bryan Hickerson

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
2.18
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
4.65
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.32
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.8
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7161
27
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213
27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
9
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
404.1
9
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.64
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.2
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.27
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.67
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
2
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.89
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
1.91
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.87
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.874
0.874
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.187
0.187
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.62
60.62
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.22
17.22
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Dempster and Bryan Hickerson

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
512.54
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
209
1458.14
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
686
600
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
86
600
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
588
514.29
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
516.28
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
50.73
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
76.74
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
41.11
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
62.79
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.87
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.98
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.75
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
9.62
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.95
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.19
7.17
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.84
19.84
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
62.1
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
97.67
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
62.1
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
104.65
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
20.12
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.93
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
14.87
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
48.84
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
34.99
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
69.77
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
-13.51
-11.82
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
14.43
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
11.37
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.93
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
221
193.29
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
216.28
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.1
3.1
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
74.34
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
55.81
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.62
Bryan Hickerson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Hickerson
Career
Per 600 PA