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Bill Ricks

John William Ricks
(Schoolboy)

Born: September 1, 1919 in Lexington, NC
Died: July 15, 1987 in Brooklyn, NY
(67 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'4"

Wt: 195

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Played in the Minor Leagues

Compared to Contemporary Starting Pitchers (Top 100)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Satchel Paige	SP	19	1927-1947	✔		50.6	-0.4	-0.1	51.0	0.0
2	Bill Byrd	SP	15	1933-1948		32.0	3.9	-0.5	28.7	-0.1
3	Hilton Smith	SP	15	1932-1948	✔		29.1	3.4	-0.8	26.6	-0.1
4	Barney Brown	SP	16	1931-1948		27.9	2.4	0.3	25.7	-0.5
5	Henry McHenry	SP	18	1930-1948		27.3	4.2	-0.3	23.8	-0.4
6	Leon Day	SP	11	1934-1946	✔		25.2	4.1	1.0	20.0	0.1
7	Chet Brewer	SP	18	1925-1948		21.7	0.9	0.0	21.0	-0.1
8	Andy Porter	SP	15	1932-1948		18.5	-1.1	0.0	19.6	0.0
9	Willie Jefferson	SP	10	1937-1946		17.5	0.0	0.0	17.6	0.0
10	Johnny Wright	SP	10	1937-1947		16.3	-1.5	-0.1	17.8	0.0
11	Dave Barnhill	SP	8	1941-1948		16.2	0.9	0.0	15.4	0.0
12	Max Manning	SP	8	1939-1948		14.0	-1.1	-0.1	15.2	0.0
13	Luis Tiant	SP	13	1930-1947		12.8	-1.4	0.0	14.3	0.0
14	Neck Stanley	SP	21	1928-1948		12.4	-3.1	0.0	15.5	0.0
15	Ted Radcliffe	SP	18	1928-1946		12.0	2.5	2.3	6.2	1.0
16	Roy Partlow	SP	12	1936-1948		11.9	0.2	-0.6	12.5	-0.1
17	Eugene Bremer	SP	12	1936-1948		11.5	1.4	-0.1	10.2	0.0
18	Barney Morris	SP	13	1932-1948		11.4	-1.1	-0.1	12.5	0.0
19	Verdell Mathis	SP	9	1940-1948		11.2	0.9	1.3	9.2	-0.2
20	Jim LaMarque	SP	6	1942-1948		9.1	0.5	-0.2	8.7	0.0
21	Bill Ricks	SP	5	1944-1948		8.6	0.5	0.0	8.1	0.0
22	Gentry Jessup	SP	9	1940-1948		8.6	-0.2	-0.1	8.9	0.0
23	Patricio Scantlebury	SP	5	1944-1948		8.5	2.1	0.1	6.3	0.0
24	Jonas Gaines	SP	11	1937-1948		8.0	-1.2	0.0	9.2	0.0
25	Bob Griffith	SP	12	1934-1948		6.8	0.6	0.0	6.3	-0.1
26	Willie Cornelius	SP	15	1929-1946		6.7	1.5	-0.2	5.5	-0.1
27	Emery Adams	SP	11	1932-1947		6.6	2.2	-0.3	4.9	-0.1
28	Spoon Carter	SP	16	1932-1948		6.5	-0.8	0.0	7.3	0.0
29	Rufus Lewis	SP	3	1946-1948		6.3	0.0	0.0	6.3	0.0
30	Henry Miller	SP	10	1938-1948		6.3	-0.6	0.0	6.8	0.0
31	Ford Smith	SP	4	1941-1948		5.8	0.1	-0.5	6.3	-0.1
32	Dan Bankhead	SP	7	1940-1947		5.7	0.5	-0.2	5.5	0.0
33	Leniel Hooker	SP	9	1940-1948		5.4	-2.2	0.0	7.7	0.0
34	Garnett Blair	SP	5	1942-1948		4.8	0.2	0.0	4.7	0.0
35	Bob Romby	SP	3	1946-1948		4.3	0.0	0.1	4.1	0.0
36	Wilmer Fields	SP	6	1940-1948		4.1	0.7	-0.7	4.1	0.0
37	Joe Black	SP	6	1943-1948		3.8	0.1	0.0	3.8	0.0
38	R. T. Walker	SP	6	1942-1948		3.7	-0.5	0.0	4.2	0.0
39	Eugene Smith	SP	7	1939-1948		3.3	-0.1	-0.1	3.4	0.0
40	Ted Alexander	SP	9	1938-1948		3.2	-0.3	0.0	3.6	0.0
41	Bill Powell	SP	3	1946-1948		3.2	0.2	0.0	3.0	0.0
42	Willie Hubert	SP	5	1939-1946		3.1	-0.7	0.0	3.8	0.0
43	Bill Harvey	SP	14	1932-1946		2.7	1.7	-0.5	1.8	-0.2
44	George Jefferson	SP	4	1944-1948		2.4	-0.4	0.0	2.8	0.0
45	Alonzo Boone	SP	11	1929-1947		2.4	-0.3	-0.1	2.8	0.0
46	Felix Evans	SP	12	1937-1948		2.4	0.1	0.0	2.3	0.0
47	Willie Hutchinson	SP	7	1939-1946		2.1	-0.5	-0.1	2.6	0.0
48	Frank Thompson	SP	4	1945-1948		2.0	0.2	0.0	1.8	0.0
49	Alex Newkirk	SP	3	1946-1948		2.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	0.0
50	Luis Cabrera	SP	2	1945-1948		1.9	-0.7	0.0	2.5	0.0
51	Vibert Clarke	SP	3	1946-1948		1.8	0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
52	Angel García	SP	3	1945-1948		1.8	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.0
53	Amos Watson	SP	3	1945-1947		1.7	-0.3	0.0	2.1	0.0
54	Jehosie Heard	SP	3	1946-1948		1.5	0.1	0.0	1.5	0.0
55	Frank Pearson	SP	4	1945-1948		1.3	-0.2	-0.1	1.6	0.0
56	Lefty Calhoun	SP	9	1932-1946		1.3	-0.2	-0.3	1.8	0.0
57	Peanuts Davis	SP	2	1943-1946		1.3	-0.2	0.1	1.4	0.0
58	Walter McCoy	SP	3	1945-1947		1.1	-0.4	0.0	1.5	0.0
59	Archie Hinton	SP	2	1945-1946		0.9	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0
60	Enrique Figueroa	SP	1	1946		0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
61	Sonny Boy Jeffries	SP	2	1940-1948		0.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
62	Connie Johnson	SP	6	1940-1948		0.7	-0.4	0.0	1.1	0.0
63	Bob Feller	SP	4	1936-1946		0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
64	Pepper Sharpe	SP	4	1943-1948		0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Fred Hobgood	SP	5	1941-1946		0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
66	Preacher Henry	SP	10	1937-1948		0.4	-0.9	0.0	1.3	0.0
67	Alonzo Perry	SP	3	1946-1948		0.3	0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0
68	Cecil Kaiser	SP	2	1946-1947		0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
69	Riley Stewart	SP	3	1946-1948		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
70	Warren Peace	SP	3	1945-1947		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
71	Bill Anderson	SP	7	1941-1947		0.1	-1.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
72	Doc Bracken	SP	2	1946-1947		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Jack Bruton	SP	6	1937-1948		-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.4	-0.1
74	Martin Crue	SP	6	1942-1948		-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
75	Charley Davidson	SP	4	1940-1948		-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-0.1	0.0
76	Clyde Williams	SP	3	1946-1948		-0.4	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
77	Satchel Davis	SP	4	1939-1947		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
78	Larry Kimbrough	SP	5	1942-1948		-0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.0
79	Tom Parker	SP	13	1931-1948		-0.5	2.5	-1.4	-1.2	-0.6
80	Ernest Burke	SP	3	1946-1948		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
81	John Huber	SP	8	1930-1947		-0.6	0.2	-0.6	-0.4	0.1
82	Frank Carswell	SP	4	1944-1948		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
83	Bill Barnes	SP	6	1940-1947		-0.8	-0.6	0.0	-0.1	0.0
84	Alvin Gipson	SP	7	1940-1946		-0.9	-0.6	0.0	-0.3	0.0
85	Wilmer Harris	SP	4	1945-1948		-1.0	0.0	0.0	-1.0	0.0
86	Tomás Quiñones	SP	2	1945-1947		-1.3	-0.4	0.0	-0.9	0.0
87	Steve Wylie	SP	4	1944-1947		-1.7	-0.2	0.0	-1.5	0.0
88	Carrenza Howard	SP	8	1940-1947		-2.0	-0.4	0.0	-1.6	0.0
89	Johnny Johnson	SP	5	1938-1946		-2.2	-0.3	0.0	-1.9	0.0
90	Joe Fillmore	SP	5	1940-1946		-2.4	0.0	0.0	-2.4	0.0

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