Billy Loes vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Billy Loes
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Billy Loes 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 3.89 and 1.324 for Billy Loes. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Billy Loes and Ted Wilks

Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
2.39
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.48
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.94
55.94
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.99
43.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
3.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3571
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1190.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1135
8.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
3.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
645
4.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.896
0.896
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5043
38.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.307
1.307
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4587
34.68
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.13
38.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Billy Loes and Ted Wilks

Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.01
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2484
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
828
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.87
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
2.42
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
3.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.89
95.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.43
29.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.24
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Billy Loes and Ted Wilks

Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
317
477.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
398
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
523.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
57.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
52.76
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.52
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
5.18
7.81
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
63.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
79.9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
21.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
11
16.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
25
37.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.57
-8.4
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
15
22.61
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
144.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.15
4.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
52.76
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Loes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA