Bill Bailey vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Bill Bailey
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Bailey 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 3.57 and 1.441 for Bill Bailey. 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 Bailey and Ted Wilks

Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.64
57.64
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.58
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
430
3.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3253
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1084.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1035
8.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
527
4.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
4.73
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.012
1.012
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.36
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3622
30.06
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3765
37.11
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
593
4.92
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3051
25.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.06
30.06
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Bill Bailey and Ted Wilks

Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
3.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1662
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
5.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
6.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
5.69
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.699
1.699
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.67
27.67
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Bailey and Ted Wilks

Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
209
313.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
366
549
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
106.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
7.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.81
28.22
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
115.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
136.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
34.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
22.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.15
30.22
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
30
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
108
162
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
3.7
3.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
21
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA