Bert Cole vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bert Cole 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 4.67 and 1.593 for Bert Cole. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Ted Wilks

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
4.67
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
3.42
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Ted Wilks

Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Ted Wilks

Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
226
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
130.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.96
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
48.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
167.26
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
164.6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.14
56.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
11
29.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA