Goldie Davis vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Goldie Davis
UnknownThrows RightIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Goldie Davis 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 6.29 and 1.890 for Goldie Davis. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Goldie Davis and Ted Wilks

Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.29
6.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.47
11.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.55
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.781
0.781
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.48
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
44.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.77
7.77
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.48
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
35.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.01
44.01
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Goldie Davis and Ted Wilks

Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.24
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.12
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Goldie Davis and Ted Wilks

Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
206.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
28
525
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.781
0.781
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
168.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
150
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.08
76.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
206.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
206.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
0.76
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
56.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
93.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.91
92.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Goldie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA