Fred Blaylock vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Fred Blaylock
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Blaylock 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 5.4 and 2.175 for Fred Blaylock. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Blaylock and Ted Wilks

Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
11.48
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.48
11.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.35
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
47.93
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.175
2.175
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
39.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.93
47.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Fred Blaylock and Ted Wilks

Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Blaylock and Ted Wilks

Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
28.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
36.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
40.85
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blaylock
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA