Rex Cecil vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Rex Cecil
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rex Cecil 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 5.18 and 1.679 for Rex Cecil. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rex Cecil and Ted Wilks

Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.36
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.85
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
5.18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
10.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.76
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
42.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
6.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.679
1.679
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
37.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.28
42.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Rex Cecil and Ted Wilks

Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.556
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rex Cecil and Ted Wilks

Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
18
257.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
542.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
157.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.53
50.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
171.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
185.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
4
57.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
63.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
85.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Rex Cecil
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
2
28.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Cecil
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA