Kyle Drabek vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Kyle Drabek
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kyle Drabek 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 5.26 and 1.698 for Kyle Drabek. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kyle Drabek and Ted Wilks

Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.78
34.78
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
5.26
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
539
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
179.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
9.42
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
5.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
6.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.16
6.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
40.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
5.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
34.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.83
40.83
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Kyle Drabek and Ted Wilks

Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179.2
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.977
0.977
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.77
69.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kyle Drabek and Ted Wilks

Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
12900
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
385
982.98
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kyle Drabek
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA