Sonny Collins vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Sonny Collins
UnknownPhiladelphia Bacharach GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sonny Collins 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 9.22 and 2.305 for Sonny Collins. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Collins and Ted Wilks

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.22
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
15.48
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.48
15.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.805
0.805
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
48.73
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.305
2.305
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
42.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Sonny Collins and Ted Wilks

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.98
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Collins and Ted Wilks

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
300
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
91.31
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.846
0.846
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
105.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA