Bullet Joe Bush vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Bullet Joe Bush
Lost GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bullet Joe Bush 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 3.51 and 1.378 for Bullet Joe Bush. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bullet Joe Bush and Ted Wilks

Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
489
1.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
1.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
0.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
0.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.59
51.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.85
74.85
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.66
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.06
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9262
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3087.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2992
8.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1263
3.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
3.85
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.836
0.836
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13185
38.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1443
4.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11860
34.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.44
38.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Bullet Joe Bush and Ted Wilks

Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1086
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1052
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.87
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.112
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bullet Joe Bush and Ted Wilks

Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
581
264.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1316
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1239
564.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
313
142.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
104.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
26.9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
7.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.19
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
37.84
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.18
55.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
427
194.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
366
166.87
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.628
0.628
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
58.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
62.46
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
258
117.63
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133.53
60.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
24.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
88.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.78
6.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
10.94
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Bullet Joe Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.65
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bullet Joe Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA