Jim Burton vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Jim Burton
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jim Burton and Ted Wilks are fairly close on the surface numbers. Ted Wilks posted stronger numbers in WHIP (1.221 vs 1.473) and home runs allowed (0.75 per nine innings vs 0.97). Jim Burton had the advantage in ERA (2.75 vs 3.26). By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Burton and Ted Wilks

Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
3.8
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
3.26
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
9.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
3.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
6.79
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.114
1.114
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
39.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.85
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
35.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Jim Burton and Ted Wilks

Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.65
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.13
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.33
13.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Burton and Ted Wilks

Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
30
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
600
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA