Claude Passeau vs. Bill Wilson — Career Comparison

Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Wilson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Claude Passeau built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Wilson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 4.22 and 1.481 for Bill Wilson. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Passeau and Bill Wilson

Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
6.24
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.5
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.52
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.07
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.59
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
4.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
774
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2856
9.45
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
7.99
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.99
7.99
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.8
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
4.57
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.77
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
5.97
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.97
5.97
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.171
1.171
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.73
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.13
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1109
38.69
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
4.64
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.56
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.28
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10875
35.99
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
33.28
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Claude Passeau and Bill Wilson

Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
6.28
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.45
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.43
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.95
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.88
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Passeau and Bill Wilson

Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
4130.77
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
982
561.14
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
553.85
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
3.81
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.83
-19.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.86
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
294
168
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
23.43
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.14
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0