Jack Leiper vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bill Ricks
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Ricks built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Leiper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Ricks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.23 and WHIP 1.329 compared to 5.4 and 1.778 for Jack Leiper. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Leiper and Bill Ricks

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.65
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.96
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.81
57.81
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.4
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
8.68
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.05
3.05
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
35
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Jack Leiper and Bill Ricks

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.66
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.72
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.38
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.44
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.7
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Leiper and Bill Ricks

Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
275.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
569.81
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
83.02
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
5
142.86
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-3.09
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA