Pete Fries vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Pete Fries
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth 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 Pete Fries 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 6.48 and 1.920 for Pete Fries. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Fries and Bill Ricks

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.65
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.96
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.81
57.81
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6.48
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
12.24
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.24
12.24
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.04
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.88
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
45.36
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.16
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.16
11.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
40.32
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.36
45.36
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Pete Fries and Bill Ricks

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.46
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.73
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.7
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Fries and Bill Ricks

Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
275.47
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
13
520
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.285
0.285
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.867
0.867
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.673
0.673
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
26.42
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
103.46
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.65
59.05
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
203.77
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
177.36
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.862
0.862
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.661
0.661
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.532
0.532
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
100.39
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.75
70.77
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA