Zeb Eaton vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Zeb Eaton
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows 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 Zeb Eaton 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 4.43 and 1.667 for Zeb Eaton. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Zeb Eaton and Bill Ricks

Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.04
13.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.43
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
8.74
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
6.26
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.48
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
39.91
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.7
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
5.22
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
33.26
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Zeb Eaton and Bill Ricks

Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1056
27
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
9
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zeb Eaton and Bill Ricks

Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
488.37
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
586.05
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.616
0.616
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
9
125.58
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
26.42
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
3.99
55.6
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
223.26
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
203.77
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.614
0.614
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
167.44
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
83.02
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
158.49
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
3.52
49.1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
111.63
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.38
5.38
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA