Joe Giard vs. Wilbur Wood — Career Comparison

Joe Giard
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Wilbur Wood
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Wilbur Wood posted a stronger line than Joe Giard. Wilbur Wood posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.24 vs 5.96) and WHIP (1.258 vs 1.812). By the career numbers, Wilbur Wood had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Joe Giard and Wilbur Wood

Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.2
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.17
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.42
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.55
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.49
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.52
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.43
46.43
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.25
51.25
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.62
45.62
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.08
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.19
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
5.96
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.24
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8052
27
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2684
9
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
10.7
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2582
8.66
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.7
10.7
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.68
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.7
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
5.61
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
2.43
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.24
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
2.3
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1411
4.73
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.879
0.879
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.16
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.24
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.19
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1294
41.94
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11154
37.4
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.42
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.66
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
6.55
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
3.79
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.55
6.55
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.35
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.18
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.812
1.812
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
36.14
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10209
34.23
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.94
41.94
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Joe Giard and Wilbur Wood

Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
2.18
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8055
27
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2685
9
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.28
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
1.75
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
2.08
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
607
2.03
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.75
97.75
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.368
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Giard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Giard and Wilbur Wood

Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
68
408
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
651
1025.2
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
100
600
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
600
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
534
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
507.09
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
78
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
42.52
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
78
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
39.37
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.15
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.15
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.45
14.72
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.43
5.39
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
78
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
45.67
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
108
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
75.59
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
36
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.32
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
42
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
20.47
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
78
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
37.8
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.55
9.32
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.85
-15.51
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
30
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
31.5
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
192
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
189
297.64
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
3.13
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2.02
2.02
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
6
36
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
59.84
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Giard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.02
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Joe Giard
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100