Sam Leever vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Sam Leever
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam Leever 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. Sam Leever posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.47 and WHIP 1.141 compared to 3.26 and 1.221 for Ted Wilks. By the career numbers, Sam Leever had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Leever and Ted Wilks

Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.01
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.66
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.34
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.99
65.99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.06
77.06
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
0.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
2.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
3.26
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7982
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2660.2
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2449
8.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
1.99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
847
2.87
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10662
36.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3765
37.11
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
3.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
3.59
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.221
1.221
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9987
33.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.07
36.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Sam Leever and Ted Wilks

Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7998
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2666
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2.22
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
2.62
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
2.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.62
95.62
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.05
38.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Leever and Ted Wilks

Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
389
217.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1074
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
993
554.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
102.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
83.8
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
9.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
7.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
18.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.71
31.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
130.73
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
133.52
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
50.28
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
43.58
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
92.74
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.05
31.87
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.91
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
27.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
77.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
7.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
13.97
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA