Ralph Erickson vs. John Roper — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationIdahoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

John Roper 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. John Roper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.35 and WHIP 1.511 compared to 8.4 and 2.333 for Ralph Erickson. By the career numbers, John Roper had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Erickson and John Roper

Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.8
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.75
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.6
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
8.4
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.35
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.4
8.4
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
27
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
540
27
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
9
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
13.8
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
9.85
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.8
13.8
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.85
9.85
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.45
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.2
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
3.6
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.2
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
5.55
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.017
1.017
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.6
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.45
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
46.2
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
794
39.7
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.8
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
5.6
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.95
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.333
2.333
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.494
1.494
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
39
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701
35.05
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.2
46.2
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.7
39.7

Fielding Stats for Ralph Erickson and John Roper

Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.75
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.6
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
540
27
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
9
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.6
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.1
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.8
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.7
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Erickson and John Roper

Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
1200
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
313.43
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
600
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
555.22
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
98.51
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
89.55
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.99
17.82
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
107.46
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
107.46
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.82
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.82
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
71.64
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.39
12.45
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
23
205.97
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
2.91
2.91
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.82
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Erickson
Career
Per 600 PA
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA