Jim Lindsey vs. Ed Wilson — Career Comparison

Jim Lindsey
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ed Wilson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaPhiladelphia GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Ed Wilson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Lindsey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Wilson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.413 compared to 4.7 and 1.585 for Jim Lindsey. By the career numbers, Ed Wilson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Lindsey and Ed Wilson

Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.7
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.3
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.42
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.17
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.44
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.42
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.22
51.22
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.3
11.3
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.65
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
4.7
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.63
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
10.59
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
9.35
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.35
9.35
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.52
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
3.68
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.38
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.65
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.814
0.814
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.19
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1943
40.57
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
39.98
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.67
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
5.45
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
6.1
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.17
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.04
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.585
1.585
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.414
1.414
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
36.65
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
34.92
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.57
40.57
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.98
39.98

Fielding Stats for Jim Lindsey and Ed Wilson

Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.47
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.18
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
27
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122.1
9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.88
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.91
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.94
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.8
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Lindsey and Ed Wilson

Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
983.33
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
19
215.09
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
600
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
538.89
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
543.4
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
100
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
90.57
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
88.89
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
90.57
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.56
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.56
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.11
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.93
21.81
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
23.74
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
116.67
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
90.57
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
105.56
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
135.85
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
33.33
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.33
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
66.67
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.83
21.3
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.24
25.4
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
23
127.78
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.7
4.7
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
55.56
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100