Bruce Chen vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Bruce Chen
Gen XPanamaThrows LeftBats LeftCentral AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bruce Chen 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 4.62 and 1.413 for Bruce Chen. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Chen and Ted Wilks

Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400
2.35
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.48
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.31
50.31
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.75
56.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
786
4.62
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4596
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1532
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1578
9.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
1.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
3.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1140
6.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.7
6.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6619
38.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
849
4.99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.31
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.54
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.386
1.386
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5930
34.84
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Bruce Chen and Ted Wilks

Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
2.35
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4596
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1532
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
1.55
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.75
56.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Chen and Ted Wilks

Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
401
1636.73
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
385
982.98
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
147
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
125
510.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
77.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
73.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
12.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
22
89.8
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
32.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
1.37
5.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
236.73
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.53
2.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bruce Chen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
77.55
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Chen
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA