Bill Beckmann vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Bill Beckmann
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Beckmann 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 4.79 and 1.405 for Bill Beckmann. 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 Beckmann and Ted Wilks

Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.65
45.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
4.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1320
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
499
10.21
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
2.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.516
0.516
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1910
39.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
5.42
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.405
1.405
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1787
36.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.07
39.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Bill Beckmann and Ted Wilks

Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.833
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Beckmann and Ted Wilks

Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
90
331.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
163
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
526.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
117.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
110.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.36
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.36
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.69
28.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
125.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
139.88
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
40.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
44.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
84.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.51
34.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
6
22.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
77.3
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.76
7.76
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bill Beckmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
51.53
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Beckmann
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA