Tony Faeth vs. Wilbur Wood — Career Comparison

Tony Faeth
Lost GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wilbur Wood
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wilbur Wood built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Faeth as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Faeth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.708 compared to 3.24 and 1.258 for Wilbur Wood. By the career numbers, Tony Faeth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Faeth and Wilbur Wood

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.95
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.55
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.52
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.25
51.25
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.19
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.7
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
3.24
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8052
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.1
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2684
9
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
9.14
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2582
8.66
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.7
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.23
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
2.43
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.24
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
4.36
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1411
4.73
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.24
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
37.8
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11154
37.4
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.49
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
0.66
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.78
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
3.79
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.35
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.18
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
31.36
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10209
34.23
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Tony Faeth and Wilbur Wood

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
2.18
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8055
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2685
9
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.28
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
1.75
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
2.08
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
2.03
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.75
97.75
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.526
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Faeth and Wilbur Wood

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1140
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
651
1025.2
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
600
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
507.09
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
42.52
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
39.37
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.15
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.15
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.72
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
5.39
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
45.67
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
75.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.32
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.47
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
37.8
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-37.83
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-9.85
-15.51
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
31.5
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
189
297.64
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2.02
2.02
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
59.84
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.02
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100