Ed Gerner vs. Kerry Wood — Career Comparison

Ed Gerner
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational 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 Ed Gerner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Gerner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.471 compared to 3.67 and 1.283 for Kerry Wood. By the career numbers, Ed Gerner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Gerner and Kerry Wood

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.65
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
2.91
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.16
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.56
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.49
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.41
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.18
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
3.67
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11.65
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1083
7.06
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.65
11.65
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.97
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
666
4.34
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.14
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
10.32
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.32
10.32
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.42
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.65
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
39.18
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5863
38.24
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.12
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
0.9
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.29
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
3.91
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.35
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.54
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
36.53
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5001
32.62
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.18
39.18
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24

Fielding Stats for Ed Gerner and Kerry Wood

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
2.91
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.16
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4140
27
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1380
9
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.48
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.8
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.34
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.28
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.61
95.61
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.6
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Gerner and Kerry Wood

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
449
666.83
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
404
600
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
513.86
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
87.62
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
68.32
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.91
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.4
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
19.31
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
40.55
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.41
28.82
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
127.72
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
103.96
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
34.16
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
47.52
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
71.29
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
33.28
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.59
23.16
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.34
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
169.31
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.54
3.54
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
68.32
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.49
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Kerry Wood
Career
Per 600 PA