Bernie Boland vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Bernie Boland
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bernie Boland 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. Bernie Boland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 3.26 and 1.221 for Ted Wilks. By the career numbers, Bernie Boland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernie Boland and Ted Wilks

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
1.77
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.01
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.58
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.2
56.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.94
56.94
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
3.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
3.26
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3186
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
7.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
8.2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
3.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4324
36.64
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3765
37.11
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.44
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
3.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3863
32.74
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.64
36.64
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Bernie Boland and Ted Wilks

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.72
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.543
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bernie Boland and Ted Wilks

Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
216
351.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
327
531.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
73.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
58.54
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.63
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.32
21.67
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
91.06
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
123.58
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
47.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
65.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.85
16.01
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
50.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
16
40.85
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
134.96
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
11
17.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernie Boland
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA