Jim Britton vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Jim Britton
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Britton 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 4.03 and 1.405 for Jim Britton. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Britton and Ted Wilks

Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
2.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.61
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
4.03
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
8.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
832
8.2
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.87
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
5.62
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.097
1.097
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1020
38.73
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
4.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
902
34.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Jim Britton and Ted Wilks

Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.88
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237.2
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.526
0.526
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Britton and Ted Wilks

Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
76
735.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
62
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
532.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
67.74
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
58.06
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
5.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
77.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
67.74
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.64
-15.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
203.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.95
2.95
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
67.74
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
29.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Britton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA