Bill Ricks - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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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Notes:

• Played in the Minor Leagues

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1944	PS	NN2	24	SP	10	7	.588	21	17		10	0	0	148.0	67	47	149	5	51	92	0	0	4	638	2.86	156
1945	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	25	SP	4	2	.667	16	7		4	1	1	73.2	33	25	72	0	22	48	1	0	2	314	3.05	142
1946	PS	NN2	26	SP	1	5	.167	15	7		1	0	1	64.2	38	34	63	3	26	25	2	0	0	280	4.73	99
1947	PS	NN2	27	RP	0	1	.000	4	1		0	0	1	11.0	18	13	15	1	8	2	1	0	0	58	10.64	40
1948	PS	NN2	28	SP	6	0	1.000	9	5		4	1	1	52.0	13	10	43	0	21	28	2	0	2	212	1.73	211
5	2			SP	21	15	.583	65	37		19	2	4	349.1	169	129	342	9	128	195	6	0	8	1502	3.32	134
162 Game Average					14	10	.583	43	25		13	1	3	233.0	113	86	228	6	85	130	4	0	5	1001	3.32	134

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
5	Philadelphia Stars			SP	21	15	.583	64	37		19	2	4	348.1	165	125	336	9	127	195	6	0	8	1492	3.23	135
1	East All Stars			-	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	1.0	4	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	36.00	32

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1944	PS	NN2	24	SP	148.0		1.35	1.46		14.4%	11.7%		8.0%	8.2%		1.80	1.42		0.8%	0.9%
1945	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	25	SP	73.2		1.28	1.45		15.3%	10.5%		7.0%	11.4%		2.18	1.60		0.0%	0.4%
1946	PS	NN2	26	SP	64.2		1.38	1.48		8.9%	11.6%		9.3%	9.1%		0.96	1.27		1.1%	0.9%
1947	PS	NN2	27	RP	11.0		2.09	1.42		3.4%	13.0%		13.8%	8.5%		0.25	1.52		1.7%	0.9%
1948	PS	NN2	28	SP	52.0		1.23	1.36		13.2%	13.5%		9.9%	8.5%		1.33	1.59		0.0%	0.7%
5	2			SP	349.1		1.35	1.44		13.0%	12.3%		8.5%	8.5%		1.52	1.46		0.6%	0.8%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
5	Philadelphia Stars			SP	348.1		1.33	1.44		13.1%	12.3%		8.5%	8.5%		1.54	1.46		0.6%	0.8%
1	East All Stars			-	1.0		7.00	2.32		0.0%	7.7%		10.0%	14.6%		0.00	0.52		0.0%	0.0%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1944	PS	NN2	24	SP	21	638	571	67	149	22	4	5	11		51	92		4	12		19	.261	.326	.340	.666
1945	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	25	SP	16	314	289	33	72	8	7	0	4	0	22	48	0	2	2	0	0	.249	.307	.325	.632
1946	PS	NN2	26	SP	15	280	249	38	63	11	3	3	6		26	25		0	5		8	.253	.324	.357	.681
1947	PS	NN2	27	RP	4	58	46	18	15	6	2	1	1		8	2		0	4		2	.326	.426	.609	1.035
1948	PS	NN2	28	SP	9	212	184	13	43	3	1	0	2		21	28		2	5		4	.234	.319	.261	.580
5	2			SP	65	1502	1339	169	342	50	17	9	24	0	128	195	0	8	28	0	33	.255	.324	.338	.662

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
5	Philadelphia Stars			SP	64	1492	1330	165	336	50	16	9	24		127	195		8	28		33	.253	.322	.335	.656
1	East All Stars			-	1	10	9	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.700	.889	1.589

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