Ken Jones vs. Dick Redding — Career Comparison

Ken Jones
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Redding
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Redding built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Jones as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Redding posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.88 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 5.4 and 1.569 for Ken Jones. By the career numbers, Dick Redding had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Jones and Dick Redding

Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.74
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
1.25
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.96
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.62
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.42
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.55
59.55
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.64
76.64
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.86
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.4
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
2.88
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4616
27
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1538.2
9
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
12.05
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1438
8.41
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.05
12.05
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.25
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.08
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
2.54
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.66
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
5.37
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.415
0.415
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.879
0.879
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.15
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.22
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
41.12
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6246
36.53
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.91
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.13
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.65
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
3.92
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
0.98
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.63
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.569
1.569
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
39.05
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5606
32.79
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.12
41.12
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.53
36.53

Fielding Stats for Ken Jones and Dick Redding

Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.33
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.59
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4858
27
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1619.1
9
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.42
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
2.62
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
3.28
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
3.04
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.71
92.71
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.289
2.289
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.35
44.35
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Jones and Dick Redding

Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
1080
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
212.1
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
744
600
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
685
552.42
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
133.06
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
103.23
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.13
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.26
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.45
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
29.84
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.65
52.13
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
183.06
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
159.68
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
62.9
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
70.16
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
126.61
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
19.17
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.86
58.76
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
25.81
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.26
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82.67
82.67
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
3.56
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
20.97
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.42
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.42
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100