Harry Eccles vs. Rick James — Career Comparison

Harry Eccles
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick James
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick James built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Eccles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Eccles posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.143 compared to 13.5 and 2.357 for Rick James. By the career numbers, Harry Eccles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Eccles and Rick James

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
2.14
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.71
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
13.5
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.19
13.19
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
7.71
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
17.36
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.36
17.36
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.57
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
34.71
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
40.5
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.86
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
32.14
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
36.64
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Harry Eccles and Rick James

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Eccles and Rick James

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
500
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
7.84
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA