Gil Patterson vs. Dick Ward — Career Comparison

Gil Patterson
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Ward
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Gil Patterson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Ward as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Ward posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 5.4 and 1.770 for Gil Patterson. By the career numbers, Dick Ward had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gil Patterson and Dick Ward

Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
2.7
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.62
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
5.4
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
10.26
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
13.5
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.26
10.26
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
5.4
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.5
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.83
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.81
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
42.12
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
43.5
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.5
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.4
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
10.5
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.81
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
35.37
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
39
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.354
0.354
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.12
42.12
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5

Fielding Stats for Gil Patterson and Dick Ward

Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.7
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.62
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
27
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.1
9
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.62
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.24
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.97
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Gil Patterson and Dick Ward

Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Gil Patterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2400
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-60
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gil Patterson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Ward
Career
Per 600 PA