Bill Ricks vs. Brad Thomas — Career Comparison

Bill Ricks
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Brad Thomas
Gen XAustraliaThrows LeftBats LeftOceaniaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Ricks built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Thomas 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 5.8 and 1.769 for Brad Thomas. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Ricks and Brad Thomas

Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
6.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.8
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
8.68
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
10.99
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.99
10.99
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
4.59
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.35
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
5.04
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.89
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.942
0.942
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492
38.55
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
41.8
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
4.26
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.97
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.52
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.95
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.85
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.329
1.329
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.731
1.731
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
34.26
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
35.22
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.8
41.8

Fielding Stats for Bill Ricks and Brad Thomas

Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
6.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
312
27
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.82
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.82
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.37
95.37
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Ricks and Brad Thomas

Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
275.47
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
72
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
600
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Brad Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Brad Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA