Fritz Ackley vs. Steve Wilson — Career Comparison

Fritz Ackley
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Steve Wilson
Baby BoomersCANThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fritz Ackley built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Wilson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fritz Ackley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.448 compared to 4.4 and 1.454 for Steve Wilson. By the career numbers, Fritz Ackley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fritz Ackley and Steve Wilson

Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.33
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
5.34
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.86
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.34
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.47
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.22
11.22
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.19
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
4.4
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
27
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
27
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.1
9
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345.1
9
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.91
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
9.07
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.07
9.07
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.86
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.86
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.12
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
3.39
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.63
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.91
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
6.57
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.106
1.106
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
39.1
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
38.94
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.09
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.66
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
4.74
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.63
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
33.98
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1327
34.58
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.94
38.94

Fielding Stats for Fritz Ackley and Steve Wilson

Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.33
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
5.34
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.86
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
27
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
27
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.1
9
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345.1
9
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.36
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.79
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.12
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.16
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.79
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.64
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.79
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
1.49
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.48
90.48
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.22
11.22
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fritz Ackley and Steve Wilson

Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
1765.71
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
514.29
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.929
0.929
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
68.57
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
60
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
118.33
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.77
15.2
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
77.14
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
102.86
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.929
0.929
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
60
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
108.42
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.96
8.26
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
145.71
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
4.12
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA