Bill Ricks
1944–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASE, Philadelphia Stars
73G
.285AVG
.303OBP
.358SLG
More career statistics
43H
1HR
22RBI
0SB
21–15W–L
348.1IP
195K
3.23ERA
37GS
4SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 73 | 90 |
| Batting · At bats | 151 | 159 |
| Batting · Doubles | 4 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 159 | 167 |
| Batting · Runs | 21 | 23 |
| Batting · RBI | 22 | 11 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Triples | 2 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 4 | 5 |
| Pitching · Games | 64 | 84 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,492 | 1,635 |
| Pitching · p cg | 19 | 31 |
| Pitching · p er | 125 | 96 |
| Pitching · p gs | 37 | 52 |
| Pitching · p h | 336 | 415 |
| Pitching · p hr | 9 | 15 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,045 | 1,331 |
| Pitching · p k | 195 | 134 |
| Pitching · p r | 165 | 218 |
| Pitching · p w | 127 | 134 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 159 | 151 | 21 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | .285 | .303 | .358 | .661 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 348.3 | 64 | 37 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 336 | 165 | 125 | 9 | 127 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 3.23 | 1.329 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1945-06-12 to 1945-08-30
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1948-07-18 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1944-06-01 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 1944-05-21 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 |  Philadelphia Stars | 24 | 59 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .186 | 142 | 57 |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Stars | 14 | 27 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .593 | 72 | 17 |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Stars | 16 | 22 | 5 | – | – | – | .227 | 54 | 13 |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Stars | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 2 |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Stars | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | .280 | 72 | 21 |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Stars | 19 | 23 | 4 | – | – | 1 | .174 | 90 | 24 |