Cecil Duff vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Cecil Duff
Lost GenerationMontanaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cecil Duff 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 4.97 and 1.500 for Cecil Duff. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cecil Duff and Ted Wilks

Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.13
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
11.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.97
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
37.66
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
35.53
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.66
37.66
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Cecil Duff and Ted Wilks

Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cecil Duff and Ted Wilks

Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
88.74
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.93
111.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Duff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Duff
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA