Bill Ayers vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Bill Ayers
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Ayers 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 8.15 and 1.698 for Bill Ayers. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Ayers and Ted Wilks

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.31
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.72
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.6
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.019
1.019
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
41.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.92
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
37.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Bill Ayers and Ted Wilks

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.769
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Ayers and Ted Wilks

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
780
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
42.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
45.94
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
180
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA