Ernie Hickman vs. Zip Zabel — Career Comparison

Ernie Hickman
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Zip Zabel
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Zip Zabel built a career as a starting pitcher and Ernie Hickman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Zip Zabel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.71 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 4.52 and 1.515 for Ernie Hickman. By the career numbers, Zip Zabel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernie Hickman and Zip Zabel

Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.11
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.01
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.11
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.76
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.36
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.43
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.98
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.52
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.71
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
412
27
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
888
27
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.1
9
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
9
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
11.27
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
7.02
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.27
11.27
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.36
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
3.95
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
4.46
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
3.34
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.757
0.757
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.811
0.811
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.77
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
41.61
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1214
36.91
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.94
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.57
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.8
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
39.25
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1077
32.75
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.61
41.61
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.91
36.91

Fielding Stats for Ernie Hickman and Zip Zabel

Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.14
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
27
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
9
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.65
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.73
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.81
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
3.2
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.39
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.58
74.58
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.55
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.095
2.095
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.576
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ernie Hickman and Zip Zabel

Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
19
156.16
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
394.12
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
600
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
591.78
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
552.94
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
98.63
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
90.41
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
18.07
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
1.91
11.23
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
106.85
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
106.85
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
88.24
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.53
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
47.06
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
12.65
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-1.72
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.53
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
13
76.47
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.85
7.85
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.53
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100