Ed Dugan vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Ed Dugan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaRichmond VirginiansAmerican 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 Ed Dugan 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 4.49 and 1.269 for Ed Dugan. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Dugan and Bill Ricks

Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.08
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.65
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.08
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.96
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.76
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.32
26.32
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.81
57.81
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.08
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
4.49
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
499
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
166.1
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
10.61
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.61
10.61
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.81
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
3.28
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
3.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.451
0.451
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
751
40.64
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
7.41
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.329
1.329
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
39.72
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.64
40.64
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Ed Dugan and Bill Ricks

Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.11
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.36
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.75
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.92
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
2.76
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.14
74.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.955
1.955
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Dugan and Bill Ricks

Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
22
173.68
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
275.47
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
70
552.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
63.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
63.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
1.55
12.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
63.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
14
110.53
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
3.45
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
39.47
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dugan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dugan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA