Lafayette Dumas vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Lafayette Dumas
Greatest GenerationOklahomaNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lafayette Dumas 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 4.3 and 1.357 for Lafayette Dumas. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lafayette Dumas and Ted Wilks

Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
4.3
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.191
0.191
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.1
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
6.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
832
8.2
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.36
6.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.127
1.127
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
39.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
1.338
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
33.36
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Lafayette Dumas and Ted Wilks

Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.44
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.26
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.29
94.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.435
1.435
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.96
86.96
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lafayette Dumas and Ted Wilks

Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
24
214.93
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
67
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
582.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
116.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
107.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.74
33.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
143.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
125.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
62.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.82
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
89.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.77
33.72
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lafayette Dumas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA