Ben Rivera vs. Ted Wills — Career Comparison

Ben Rivera
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wills
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ben Rivera built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Wills as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ben Rivera posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.489 compared to 5.46 and 1.674 for Ted Wills. By the career numbers, Ben Rivera had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ben Rivera and Ted Wills

Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.89
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
4.01
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.39
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.65
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.48
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.5
57.5
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.13
73.13
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.66
15.66
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
4.52
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
5.46
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
955
27
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318.1
9
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
8.88
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
10.14
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.9
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.4
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
4.3
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.69
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
6.19
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
6.42
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.42
6.42
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.165
1.165
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.59
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.82
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1405
39.72
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
847
40.91
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.16
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
4.75
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
5.94
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.464
1.464
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.648
1.648
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1218
34.44
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
35.74
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.72
39.72
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91

Fielding Stats for Ben Rivera and Ted Wills

Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.89
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
4.01
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.39
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.63
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
955
27
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
27
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318.1
9
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
186.1
9
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.34
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.1
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.64
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.47
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.17
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.44
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.98
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.08
98.08
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.11
91.11
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.494
0.494
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.13
73.13
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.66
15.66
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Rivera and Ted Wills

Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
67
343.59
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
1028.57
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
600
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
476.92
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
538.78
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.643
0.643
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
134.69
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
97.96
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1.16
5.96
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
52.66
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
14
71.79
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.616
0.616
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
25.64
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.26
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
35.9
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.72
-8.8
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.65
56.94
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
30.77
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
40
205.13
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
171.43
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
2.93
2.93
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ted Wills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
92.31
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wills
Career
Per 600 PA