Al Benton vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Al Benton
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Benton 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 3.66 and 1.424 for Al Benton. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Benton and Ted Wilks

Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
2.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.52
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.69
52.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.7
36.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.35
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
686
3.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5065
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1688.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1672
8.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
733
3.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
697
3.72
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.847
0.847
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7342
39.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
831
4.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.425
1.425
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6594
35.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.14
39.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Al Benton and Ted Wilks

Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.875
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Al Benton and Ted Wilks

Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
455
471.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
579
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
512
530.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
51.81
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
44.56
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
7.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
7.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.79
4.97
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
59.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
60.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
22.8
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
37.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
-18.42
-19.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
200
207.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.9
2.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Al Benton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
61.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Benton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA