Walter Clarkson vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Walter Clarkson
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walter Clarkson 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. Walter Clarkson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.17 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 3.26 and 1.221 for Ted Wilks. By the career numbers, Walter Clarkson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Clarkson and Ted Wilks

Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.94
52.94
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.44
47.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.55
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
3.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
3.26
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1124
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
374.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
8.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
832
8.2
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
3.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
4.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.827
0.827
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.24
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1549
37.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.74
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
4.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1393
33.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.21
37.21
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Walter Clarkson and Ted Wilks

Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.88
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1122
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
2.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.82
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.02
94.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.44
47.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Clarkson and Ted Wilks

Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
78
341.61
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
137
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
132
578.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
87.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
61.31
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.76
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.52
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.79
20.99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
131.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
91.97
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
39.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
52.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
91.97
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
13.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
118.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
5.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.52
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Clarkson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA