Earl Allen vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Earl Allen
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Earl Allen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Wilks as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Wilks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.221 compared to 6.75 and 2.167 for Earl Allen. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Earl Allen and Ted Wilks

Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.167
2.167
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Earl Allen and Ted Wilks

Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Earl Allen and Ted Wilks

Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Earl Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA