Buttons Briggs vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Buttons Briggs
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Buttons Briggs 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 3.41 and 1.415 for Buttons Briggs. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buttons Briggs and Ted Wilks

Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.35
48.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.51
91.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
3.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2567
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
855.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
879
9.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
3.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
3.56
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.783
0.783
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3656
38.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
477
5.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.415
1.415
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3285
34.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Buttons Briggs and Ted Wilks

Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.53
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
856
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.22
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.906
1.906
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.17
47.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Buttons Briggs and Ted Wilks

Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
106
181.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
350
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
555.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
82.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
72
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.62
21.63
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
101.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
114.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
32.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
29.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
60
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.07
15.54
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
32.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
113.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.3
5.3
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buttons Briggs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA