Rick Langford vs. Bucky Veil — Career Comparison

Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bucky Veil
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Langford built a career as a starting pitcher and Bucky Veil as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bucky Veil posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.513 compared to 4.01 and 1.351 for Rick Langford. By the career numbers, Bucky Veil had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Langford and Bucky Veil

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
1.57
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.55
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.84
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.44
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.6
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.36
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.85
53.85
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
4.01
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.94
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.1
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
8.84
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.78
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
4.05
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.51
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6329
38.2
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
38.11
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.72
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.54
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
32.97
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
38.2
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11

Fielding Stats for Rick Langford and Bucky Veil

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.57
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.54
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.25
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
2.19
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.72
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
2.15
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.72
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.35
98.35
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.769
1.769
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Langford and Bucky Veil

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
13
260
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.76
35.11
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
140
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
80
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.98
39.51
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bucky Veil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bucky Veil
Career
Per 600 PA