Wilmer Font vs. Kerry Wood — Career Comparison

Wilmer Font
MillenialVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kerry Wood
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

Kerry Wood built a career as a starting pitcher and Wilmer Font as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kerry Wood led in strikeout rate (K%+ 155 vs 96), home run suppression (HR9+ 116 vs 60), and run prevention (ERA+ 120 vs 85). Wilmer Font held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 114 vs 75). Role difference aside, Kerry Wood holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Wilmer Font and Kerry Wood

Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
5.7
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
2.91
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.31
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.16
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.56
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.65
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.49
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.92
22.92
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.41
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
5.82
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
3.67
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
9.49
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1083
7.06
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
1.96
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.97
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.8
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
4.34
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.14
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
8.9
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
10.32
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.32
10.32
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.3
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.42
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.3
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.65
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
39.88
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5863
38.24
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.36
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
0.9
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.87
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
3.91
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.35
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.54
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.477
1.477
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
35.6
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5001
32.62
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.88
39.88
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Wilmer Font and Kerry Wood

Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
5.7
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
2.91
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.31
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.16
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
27
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
151.2
9
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.48
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.8
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.77
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.34
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.28
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.61
95.61
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.125
0.125
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.92
22.92
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wilmer Font and Kerry Wood

Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
9600
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
449
666.83
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
404
600
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
346
513.86
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
87.62
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
68.32
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.91
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.4
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.31
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
30.56
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.41
28.82
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
127.72
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
103.96
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
34.16
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
47.52
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
71.29
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
48.79
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.59
23.16
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.34
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
169.31
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
3.54
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
68.32
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Wilmer Font
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.49
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilmer Font
Career
Per 600 PA
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA