Brian Edmondson vs. Wilbur Wood — Career Comparison

Brian Edmondson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wilbur Wood
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wilbur Wood built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Edmondson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Wilbur Wood led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 114 vs 99), strikeout rate (K%+ 83 vs 68), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 85). Role difference aside, Wilbur Wood holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Edmondson and Wilbur Wood

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
6.41
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.55
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.64
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.52
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.25
51.25
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.19
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.98
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.24
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8052
27
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2684
9
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9.64
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2582
8.66
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.11
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.7
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
4.29
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
2.43
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.24
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.19
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1411
4.73
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.24
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.21
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
40.34
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11154
37.4
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.43
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
0.66
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
5.45
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
3.79
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.18
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.01
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.38
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
34.46
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10209
34.23
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.34
40.34
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Brian Edmondson and Wilbur Wood

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
6.41
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8055
27
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2685
9
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.69
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.28
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
1.75
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.06
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
2.08
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.96
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
2.03
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.75
97.75
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Edmondson and Wilbur Wood

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
3025
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
651
1025.2
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
600
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
575
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
507.09
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
42.52
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
39.37
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.15
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.15
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
25.78
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.43
5.39
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
150
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
45.67
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
75.59
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.32
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
20.47
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
37.8
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
16.2
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.85
-15.51
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
31.5
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
225
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
189
297.64
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2.02
2.02
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
59.84
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.02
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100