Cliff Curtis vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Cliff Curtis
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Curtis 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 3.31 and 1.375 for Cliff Curtis. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Curtis and Ted Wilks

Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
1.64
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.34
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.74
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.46
31.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.12
69.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
3.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2234
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
744.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
707
8.54
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
3.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
2.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.743
0.743
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
37.78
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
4.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.375
1.375
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2772
33.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.78
37.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Cliff Curtis and Ted Wilks

Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1002
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
6.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.49
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
8.06
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.98
93.98
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.066
2.066
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.82
33.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Curtis and Ted Wilks

Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
136
309.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
264
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
246
559.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
88.64
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
86.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.07
16.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
90.91
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
104.55
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
22
50
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
10.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
6
13.64
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
131.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA