Rick Langford vs. Dick Selma — Career Comparison

Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Selma
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Langford built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Selma as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Langford led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 83), run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 96), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 94). Dick Selma held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 112 vs 86). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Rick Langford.

Pitching Stats for Rick Langford and Dick Selma

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
3.29
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.81
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.44
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.45
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.58
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.76
24.76
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.33
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
4.01
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
3.62
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2520
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
840
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
7.86
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.86
7.86
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.74
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
4.08
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.47
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
7.3
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.49
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6329
38.2
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3558
38.12
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.33
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
745
4.5
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
4.02
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.332
1.332
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3116
33.39
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
38.2
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Rick Langford and Dick Selma

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.31
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.81
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2526
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
842
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.56
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.68
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
2.19
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.31
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
2.15
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.23
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.76
96.76
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.52
24.52
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Langford and Dick Selma

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
324
860.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
203
538.94
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
92.92
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.34
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
13.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
18.58
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.1
21.51
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
116.81
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
34.51
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.58
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
53.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.98
15.88
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
76
201.77
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
2.97
2.97
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.48
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.62
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100