Jim Elam vs. Marc Wilkins — Career Comparison

Jim Elam
Greatest GenerationVirginiaNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Marc Wilkins
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Elam built a career as a starting pitcher and Marc Wilkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Marc Wilkins posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.520 compared to 6.39 and 2.161 for Jim Elam. By the career numbers, Marc Wilkins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Elam and Marc Wilkins

Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.61
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
7.48
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.74
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.58
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.58
57.58
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.39
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
4.28
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
27
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294.2
9
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
13.35
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
8.49
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.35
13.35
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.7
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.1
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
4.73
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.46
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
3.19
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
6.66
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.032
1.032
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.266
1.266
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.58
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.61
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.7
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
46.45
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1292
39.46
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.02
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.58
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.49
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.58
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.01
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.161
2.161
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
39.48
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1084
33.11
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.363
0.363
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.45
46.45
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Jim Elam and Marc Wilkins

Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.73
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
7.48
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
884
27
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294.2
9
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.21
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.91
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.16
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.37
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
1.37
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.184
0.184
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Elam and Marc Wilkins

Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
6391.3
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
521.74
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
128.38
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
18.78
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
5
130.43
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.962
0.962
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
134.74
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
15.81
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
14
365.22
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.64
1.64
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Elam
Career
Per 600 PA
Marc Wilkins
Career
Per 600 PA