Ted Lewis vs. Pete Vuckovich — Career Comparison

Ted Lewis
Pre-GenerationalWalesThrows RightBats RightBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pete Vuckovich
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young Award

Pete Vuckovich built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Lewis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ted Lewis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.53 and WHIP 1.345 compared to 3.66 and 1.393 for Pete Vuckovich. By the career numbers, Ted Lewis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Lewis and Pete Vuckovich

Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
1.17
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.77
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.98
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.15
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.6
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.58
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.41
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.43
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.49
59.49
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.41
57.41
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.61
83.61
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.03
65.03
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.87
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.23
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.53
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
3.66
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4215
27
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
27
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1405
9
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1455.1
9
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1379
8.83
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1454
8.99
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.37
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.66
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.27
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
3.37
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
2.42
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
882
5.45
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.07
2.07
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.633
0.633
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.981
0.981
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.25
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.22
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5956
38.15
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6189
38.27
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.18
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.41
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
4.82
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
4.11
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.41
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.25
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.77
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.374
1.374
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5406
34.63
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5501
34.02
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.15
38.15
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.27
38.27

Fielding Stats for Ted Lewis and Pete Vuckovich

Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
1.18
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.77
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
1.15
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4227
27
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
27
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1409
9
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1455.1
9
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.38
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.54
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.81
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
1.37
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.16
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
2.34
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
2.04
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.18
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.91
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.64
93.64
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.859
1.859
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.03
65.03
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Lewis and Pete Vuckovich

Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
184
181.88
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
724.05
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
607
600
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
237
600
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
552
545.63
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
208
526.58
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
121.58
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
33
83.54
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
108.73
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
26
65.82
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
9.88
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.72
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.97
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
12.85
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.72
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.83
39.37
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
6.36
16.09
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
137.4
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
40
101.27
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
159.14
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
36
91.14
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
65.24
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
15
37.97
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
51.4
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
13
32.91
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
116.64
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
28
70.89
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.91
46.37
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
8.22
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
37.56
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.59
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
65.24
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
124.05
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.2
9.2
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
4.84
4.84
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
0.58
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
17
16.8
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
60.76
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.06
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.59
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.95
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.53
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.95
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.53
Ted Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Pete Vuckovich
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100