Jesse Baker vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Jesse Baker
Lost GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jesse Baker 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 3.93 and 1.394 for Jesse Baker. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jesse Baker and Ted Wilks

Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.77
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.67
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
9.67
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
2.87
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4.88
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
36.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3765
37.11
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
4.98
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.394
1.394
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
351
33.61
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.86
36.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Jesse Baker and Ted Wilks

Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.591
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jesse Baker and Ted Wilks

Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
22
412.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
543.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.328
0.328
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
11.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
131.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.57
4.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA