Norman Cross vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Norman Cross
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Norman Cross 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 4.46 and 1.537 for Norman Cross. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norman Cross and Ted Wilks

Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.12
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.46
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
12.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.05
12.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.496
0.496
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
41.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.34
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.537
1.537
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
37.93
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.5
41.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Norman Cross and Ted Wilks

Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Norman Cross and Ted Wilks

Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.5
-60
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norman Cross
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA