The Curious Case Of Frank Wickware

I keep noticing Frank Wickware who has a WHIP of 1.11 and an E.R.A. of 2.30 but his card stinks out loud. I know he is a 8R but his card is not even particularly good against RH batters. Does anyone have a possible explanation of why his real life numbers look fairly good and his card looks so bad?

That's a good question. You would think with those stats and an 8R bias that there wouldn't be any offense possible on his card.

You would be better off with Joe Deberry.

http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/player/32884/1920/1/281

Wickware's card is based on "real life" stats of facing 84% righty hitting.

And, his career spanned from 1910 to 1921, so he faced no power to speak of. In those days, I suspect talent in the NeL was pretty shallow.

Ed Farmer is MY favorite hard RH'er...

those balance ratings are relative in terms of the card's two sides, not absolute, I thought. Wickware isn't that bad, but some of that price has to do w/ his starter plus relief(4) value, I think.

Against righties only solid hit is on 5-7. All the other hits are splits which are mostly outs. So for just 1.34 and matched up in the right park that card could very well put up good numbers for the price.