Ed Bahr vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Ed Bahr
Greatest GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Bahr 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 3.37 and 1.393 for Ed Bahr. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Bahr and Ted Wilks

Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.35
54.35
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
3.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
8.63
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.53
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
3.9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
2.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.749
0.749
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
937
38.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
4.19
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.393
1.393
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
834
34.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.51
38.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Ed Bahr and Ted Wilks

Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.087
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Bahr and Ted Wilks

Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
50
416.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
72
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
566.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
1.42
11.8
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
100
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
10
83.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
7
58.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-1.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
150
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Ed Bahr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Bahr
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA