Jan Dukes vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Jan Dukes
Silent GenerationWyomingThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican 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 Jan Dukes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jan Dukes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 3.23 and 1.329 for Bill Ricks. By the career numbers, Jan Dukes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jan Dukes and Bill Ricks

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.7
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
3.23
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
6.75
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
8.68
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.15
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.45
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
37.35
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
38.55
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.8
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
4.26
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.45
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.329
1.329
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
31.05
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Jan Dukes and Bill Ricks

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.45
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.35
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.35
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.37
95.37
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jan Dukes and Bill Ricks

Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
3200
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
177.36
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
24.28
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA