Ray Culp vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Ray Culp
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Culp 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 3.58 and 1.310 for Ray Culp. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Culp and Ted Wilks

Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
1.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.58
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.71
54.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.23
83.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
3.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5695
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1898.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1677
7.95
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
8.2
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.95
7.95
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
752
3.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1411
6.69
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.69
6.69
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.139
1.139
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8066
38.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
863
4.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7199
34.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.24
38.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Ray Culp and Ted Wilks

Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
1.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5694
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1898
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.64
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
1.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
1.87
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
1.76
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.42
94.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.23
83.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Culp and Ted Wilks

Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
322
277.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
696
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
602
518.97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
63.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
54.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
6.9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.72
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.48
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.82
11.92
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
76.72
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
87.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
34.48
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
29.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
62.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.03
-1.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
22.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
292
251.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
2.38
2.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
57.76
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
8
6.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Culp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA