Eddie Butler vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Eddie Butler
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eddie Butler 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 5.8 and 1.695 for Eddie Butler. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eddie Butler and Ted Wilks

Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
2.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.37
49.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
5.8
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
263.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
10.96
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.96
10.96
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
3.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
5.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.024
1.024
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.34
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
41.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
6.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.96
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.661
1.661
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1056
36.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Eddie Butler and Ted Wilks

Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
2.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263.2
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.82
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.37
49.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Eddie Butler and Ted Wilks

Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
79
667.61
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
61
515.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
1.99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.43
-28.97
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
202.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
2.96
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
67.61
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA