Eddie Dixon vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Eddie Dixon
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eddie Dixon 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 3.82 and 1.328 for Eddie Dixon. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eddie Dixon and Ted Wilks

Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.88
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.12
44.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.61
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
3.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
488
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
9.63
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.781
0.781
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
38.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
5.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
36.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Eddie Dixon and Ted Wilks

Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
4.13
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.92
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.114
2.114
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Eddie Dixon and Ted Wilks

Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
36
295.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
558.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.645
0.645
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
139.73
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
106.85
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.66
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.57
54.03
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
180.82
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
164.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.605
0.605
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
98.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
147.95
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.44
61.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA