Tom Drake vs. Milt Wilcox — Career Comparison

Tom Drake
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Milt Wilcox
Baby BoomersHawaiiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Milt Wilcox built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Drake as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Milt Wilcox posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.07 and WHIP 1.402 compared to 6.13 and 1.941 for Tom Drake. By the career numbers, Milt Wilcox had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Drake and Milt Wilcox

Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.08
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
394
1.76
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.26
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.53
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.5
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.29
51.29
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.83
71.83
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.33
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.13
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
913
4.07
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.92
5.92
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6050
27
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2016.2
9
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
11.12
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1991
8.89
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.12
11.12
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.89
8.89
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.91
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.91
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
770
3.44
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.29
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.95
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1137
5.07
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.034
1.034
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.946
0.946
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.23
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.33
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
43.11
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8635
38.54
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.36
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.24
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
7.03
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1013
4.52
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.03
7.03
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.36
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.26
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.76
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.941
1.941
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.369
1.369
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
36.3
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7652
34.15
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.11
43.11
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Tom Drake and Milt Wilcox

Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
1.76
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.27
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6048
27
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2016
9
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
1.59
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.12
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
2.26
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
2.14
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.66
94.66
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.632
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.08
72.08
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.13
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Drake and Milt Wilcox

Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
19
1425
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
3452.17
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
539.13
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.464
0.464
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
78.26
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
39.05
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.44
21.18
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
113.04
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
113.04
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
43.48
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
55.19
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.98
17.23
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.39
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
15
130.43
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
4.6
4.6
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Milt Wilcox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
43.48
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
Milt Wilcox
Career
Per 600 PA