Jack Creel vs. Harry Wilhelm — Career Comparison

Jack Creel
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Harry Wilhelm
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Creel built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Wilhelm as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Creel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.14 and WHIP 1.414 compared to 6.12 and 1.560 for Harry Wilhelm. By the career numbers, Jack Creel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Creel and Harry Wilhelm

Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.69
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.8
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.72
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.14
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.12
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
27
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
9
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
8.07
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
12.96
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.96
12.96
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.52
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
4.66
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.52
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.16
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.908
0.908
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.62
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
38.69
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
39.96
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.03
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.72
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.24
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
7.92
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.414
1.414
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
33.41
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
38.52
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.96
39.96

Fielding Stats for Jack Creel and Harry Wilhelm

Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.8
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
27
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
9
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.88
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.24
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.24
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Creel and Harry Wilhelm

Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
677.42
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
5
230.77
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
600
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
503.23
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
7.22
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
107.45
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
369.23
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.974
0.974
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.74
-14.24
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
116.09
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
7
135.48
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
4.43
4.43
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Wilhelm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Creel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Creel
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Wilhelm
Career
Per 600 PA