Kid Carter vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Kid Carter
UnknownThrows LeftPhiladelphia GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kid Carter 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. Kid Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.71 and WHIP 0.979 compared to 3.26 and 1.221 for Ted Wilks. By the career numbers, Kid Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kid Carter and Ted Wilks

Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
3.26
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.198
0.198
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.1
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
6.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
832
8.2
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.537
0.537
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
37.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
3.69
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.979
0.979
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.221
1.221
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
34.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.23
37.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Kid Carter and Ted Wilks

Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.85
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.13
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.56
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kid Carter and Ted Wilks

Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
208.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.63
-42.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA