Clayton Mortensen vs. Wilbur Wood — Career Comparison

Clayton Mortensen
MillenialIdahoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wilbur Wood
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wilbur Wood built a career as a starting pitcher and Clayton Mortensen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Wilbur Wood led in home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 63), walk avoidance (BB%+ 114 vs 87), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 77). Clayton Mortensen held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 98). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Wilbur Wood.

Pitching Stats for Clayton Mortensen and Wilbur Wood

Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.98
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.32
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.55
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.59
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.52
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.25
51.25
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.57
17.57
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.19
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
4.68
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.24
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
502
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8052
27
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
167.1
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2684
9
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
8.98
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2582
8.66
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.98
8.98
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.4
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.7
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
3.98
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
2.43
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.24
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
6.02
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1411
4.73
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.43
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.24
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.21
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
39.42
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11154
37.4
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.18
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
0.66
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
5.49
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
3.79
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.35
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.38
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.18
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.86
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.38
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
637
34.26
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10209
34.23
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.42
39.42
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Clayton Mortensen and Wilbur Wood

Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.98
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
502
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8055
27
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
167.1
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2685
9
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.7
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.28
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.34
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
1.75
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.21
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
621
2.08
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.04
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
607
2.03
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.68
92.68
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.75
97.75
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.514
0.514
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.57
17.57
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clayton Mortensen and Wilbur Wood

Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
2466.67
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
651
1025.2
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
600
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
533.33
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
507.09
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
42.52
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
39.37
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.15
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.15
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-1.82
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
5.39
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
45.67
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
75.59
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.32
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
20.47
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
37.8
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.71
-56.96
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-9.85
-15.51
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
31.5
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
366.67
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
189
297.64
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
1.64
1.64
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.02
2.02
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
59.84
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
11.02
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100