Larry Demery vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Larry Demery
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Larry Demery 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 3.72 and 1.424 for Larry Demery. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Demery and Ted Wilks

Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
2.81
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.46
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.77
55.77
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.09
33.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
3.72
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1336
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
445.1
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
8.35
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.81
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
4.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.44
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
4.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.934
0.934
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1901
38.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.77
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
4.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.36
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.374
1.374
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1658
33.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.42
38.42
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Larry Demery and Ted Wilks

Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.81
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1336
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.41
93.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.612
0.612
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.09
33.09
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Demery and Ted Wilks

Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
157
697.78
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
135
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
117
520
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
71.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
12
53.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.44
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
20.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
102.22
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
24
106.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
48.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.78
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
15
66.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
13.46
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
8
35.56
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
217.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
40
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Larry Demery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Demery
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA