Ed Dundon vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Ed Dundon
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightNorth AmericaColumbus BuckeyesAmerican 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 Dundon 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 4.25 and 1.417 for Ed Dundon. 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 Dundon and Bill Ricks

Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.65
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.02
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.96
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.73
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.03
31.03
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.81
57.81
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.84
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.25
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
743
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
247.2
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
10.83
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.83
10.83
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.93
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
3.28
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
2.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.62
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1124
40.85
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
7.56
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1071
38.92
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.85
40.85
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Ed Dundon and Bill Ricks

Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.12
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1443
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.57
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
1.1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.32
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.99
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.76
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.68
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
2.63
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.38
89.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.383
2.383
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Dundon and Bill Ricks

Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
52
165.96
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
275.47
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
159
600
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
571.28
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
27
86.17
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.21
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.57
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.38
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.96
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
6.82
21.77
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
34
108.51
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
36
114.89
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
14
44.68
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
14
44.68
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
5.07
16.18
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Dundon
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA