Harry Coveleski vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Harry Coveleski
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Coveleski 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. Harry Coveleski posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.39 and WHIP 1.159 compared to 3.26 and 1.221 for Ted Wilks. By the career numbers, Harry Coveleski had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Coveleski and Ted Wilks

Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.58
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.56
59.56
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
2.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
3.26
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3744
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1248
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1070
7.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
8.2
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
2.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
3.69
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4994
36.01
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3765
37.11
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
3.59
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.159
1.159
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.221
1.221
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4561
32.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.01
36.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Harry Coveleski and Ted Wilks

Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
7.92
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
675
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.84
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
18.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.12
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
21.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
20.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.77
94.77
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.561
2.561
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.13
13.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.64
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Coveleski and Ted Wilks

Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
198
260.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
418
550
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
103.95
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
88.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.53
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.26
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.3
26.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
125
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
125
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
39.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
36.84
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
76.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.6
25.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
15
19.74
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
134
176.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
28.95
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.95
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.95
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Coveleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA