Bill Latham vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Bill Latham
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Latham built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Wilks as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Wilks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.221 compared to 5.35 and 1.526 for Bill Latham. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Latham and Ted Wilks

Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.35
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.47
10.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
3.03
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.19
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.802
0.802
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
39.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.59
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
35.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Bill Latham and Ted Wilks

Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.16
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.571
0.571
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Latham and Ted Wilks

Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
1680
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
385
982.98
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
79.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
95.86
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
40.85
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Latham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Latham
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA