Ralph Erickson vs. Colin Rea — Career Comparison

Ralph Erickson
Greatest GenerationIdahoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Colin Rea
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Colin Rea built a career as a starting pitcher and Ralph Erickson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Colin Rea posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.41 and WHIP 1.277 compared to 8.4 and 2.333 for Ralph Erickson. By the career numbers, Colin Rea had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Erickson and Colin Rea

Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.8
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.87
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.53
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.55
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.4
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.81
57.81
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.75
81.75
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
8.4
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
4.41
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.4
8.4
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1818
27
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
606
9
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
13.8
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
8.72
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.8
13.8
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.35
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.7
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.2
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
7.32
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.114
1.114
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.43
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
46.2
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2566
38.11
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.8
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
4.66
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.19
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.31
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.333
2.333
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
39
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2321
34.47
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.2
46.2
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Ralph Erickson and Colin Rea

Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.87
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.53
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1818
27
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
9
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.92
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.95
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.98
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.87
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.75
81.75
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Erickson and Colin Rea

Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
1200
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
1422.22
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
500
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
55.56
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.39
15.49
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
77.78
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
100
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
55.56
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.69
7.69
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.33
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
23
255.56
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
2.35
2.35
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA