Jess Doyle vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Jess Doyle
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican 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 Jess Doyle 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 6.22 and 1.765 for Jess Doyle. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jess Doyle and Bill Ricks

Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.64
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
6.22
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
12.11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.11
12.11
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
3.77
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
2.51
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.699
0.699
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.16
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
628
41.56
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.45
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
6.62
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.62
6.62
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.765
1.765
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
37.46
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.56
41.56
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Jess Doyle and Bill Ricks

Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1056
27
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
9
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jess Doyle and Bill Ricks

Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
846.15
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
37
569.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.673
0.673
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
10
153.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.55
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
26.42
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.57
85.62
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.65
59.05
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
307.69
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
203.77
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
11
169.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.661
0.661
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.532
0.532
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
79.25
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
9
138.46
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.94
91.46
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.75
70.77
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
9.75
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Doyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jess Doyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA