Lefty Bowe vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Lefty Bowe
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Bowe 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. Lefty Bowe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.02 and WHIP 1.310 compared to 3.26 and 1.221 for Ted Wilks. By the career numbers, Lefty Bowe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Bowe and Ted Wilks

Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.16
63.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
3.26
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.1
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
7.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
832
8.2
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.41
7.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
7.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.9
7.9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.365
1.365
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
39.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.19
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.311
1.311
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
33.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Lefty Bowe and Ted Wilks

Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.12
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.16
63.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Bowe and Ted Wilks

Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
19
335.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
564.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
4.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.066
0.066
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.1
-19.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
34
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Bowe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA