Jim Bunning vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Jim Bunning
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bunning 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 3.27 and 1.205 for Jim Bunning. 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 Bunning and Ted Wilks

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.54
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.44
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.9
54.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1366
3.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11281
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
8.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
0.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1000
2.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2855
6.83
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.83
6.83
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15618
37.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1527
3.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.221
1.221
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14418
34.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.38
37.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Jim Bunning and Ted Wilks

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
1.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
1.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11280
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3760
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.49
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
0.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
1.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
1.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.82
87.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bunning and Ted Wilks

Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
601
257.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1401
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1275
546.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
91.22
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
77.52
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
8.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.26
19.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
112.63
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
106.21
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
35.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
32.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
64.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.33
11.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
14.56
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
362
155.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
36.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
36
15.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA