Zach Day vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Zach Day
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Zach Day 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 4.66 and 1.554 for Zach Day. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Zach Day and Ted Wilks

Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.65
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
4.66
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389
9.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.85
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
4.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
4.56
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.969
0.969
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1648
39.8
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1439
34.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Zach Day and Ted Wilks

Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1118
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372.2
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.13
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.88
98.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Zach Day and Ted Wilks

Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
86
444.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
116
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
543.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
1.39
7.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.52
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
7
36.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-29.62
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.34
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
263.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2.27
2.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
46.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA