Bill Landis vs. Doc Sykes — Career Comparison

Bill Landis
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Sykes
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Doc Sykes built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Landis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Sykes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.304 compared to 4.46 and 1.491 for Bill Landis. By the career numbers, Doc Sykes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Landis and Doc Sykes

Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
5.41
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.29
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.42
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.33
89.33
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.72
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.46
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
3.61
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
509
27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1569
27
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
169.2
9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
9
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
8.17
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
518
8.91
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
4.83
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
2.82
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
7.16
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
3.98
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.16
7.16
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.27
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
39.15
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
38.63
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.33
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
4.83
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
4.92
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.31
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.69
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.304
1.304
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
34.06
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1989
34.23
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.15
39.15
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63

Fielding Stats for Bill Landis and Doc Sykes

Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
5.41
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.35
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
509
27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
169.2
9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.33
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.06
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.87
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.38
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
3.46
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.21
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.79
92.79
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.383
2.383
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.68
45.68
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Landis and Doc Sykes

Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
2890.91
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
79
207.89
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
600
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
19
518.18
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
209
550
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
115.79
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
86.84
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.05
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.26
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.95
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
5.32
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.99
39.45
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
155.26
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
136.84
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
57.89
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
39.47
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
94.74
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.93
-25.33
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.1
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
18.42
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
272.73
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.79
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
38
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.95
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.89
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.89
Bill Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100