Rick Langford vs. Bob Sykes — Career Comparison

Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Sykes
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Rick Langford a clear advantage over Bob Sykes across the core pitching metrics. Rick Langford led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 87), run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 86), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 87). Rick Langford was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Rick Langford and Bob Sykes

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
1.18
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.44
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.45
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.51
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.94
46.94
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.59
52.59
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
4.01
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.65
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1370
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
456.2
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1570
9.48
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
9.79
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.06
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
3.74
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
4.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.11
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2000
39.42
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
4.99
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.28
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.67
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.85
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5796
34.99
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1776
35
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.42
39.42

Fielding Stats for Rick Langford and Bob Sykes

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
1.18
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1370
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
456.2
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.27
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.19
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.48
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
2.15
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.4
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.67
94.67
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.59
52.59
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Langford and Bob Sykes

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
116
940.54
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
502.7
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
48.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
48.65
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.96
7.77
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
48.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
97.3
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.22
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
48.65
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.59
-4.76
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.32
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
27
218.92
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.74
2.74
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
40.54
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA