Karl Best vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Karl Best
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Ted Wilks posted a stronger line than Karl Best. Ted Wilks posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.26 vs 4.04) and WHIP (1.221 vs 1.511). By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Karl Best and Ted Wilks

Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
6.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
3.8
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.43
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.59
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.43
11.43
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.45
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.1
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
9.46
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.46
9.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.69
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.84
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
7.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.19
7.19
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
40.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
1.88
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.73
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.478
1.478
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
35.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Karl Best and Ted Wilks

Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
6.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.79
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.131
0.131
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Karl Best and Ted Wilks

Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
61
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
600
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Best
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Best
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA