Lee Viau vs. Hubert Wilson — Career Comparison

Lee Viau
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Hubert Wilson
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hubert Wilson built a career as a starting pitcher and Lee Viau as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Viau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.33 and WHIP 1.364 compared to 3.41 and 1.295 for Hubert Wilson. By the career numbers, Lee Viau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lee Viau and Hubert Wilson

Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
1.11
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.61
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
1.01
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.33
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.52
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.76
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.48
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.88
51.88
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.01
91.01
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
82.35
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.91
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
3.33
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
3.41
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4326
27
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1442
9
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1441
8.99
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
7.77
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.23
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
3.28
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.88
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
3.46
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
2.84
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.749
0.749
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.747
0.747
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.46
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.32
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6316
39.42
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
37.71
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
881
5.5
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.26
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.76
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.33
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
1.364
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5739
35.82
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
32.59
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.42
39.42
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71

Fielding Stats for Lee Viau and Hubert Wilson

Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
1.13
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.61
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.33
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4443
27
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
27
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
9
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
9
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.36
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.84
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.03
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.21
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
2.41
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.79
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
2.2
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.6
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.18
91.18
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.946
1.946
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.235
2.235
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lee Viau and Hubert Wilson

Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
173.04
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
261.54
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
638
600
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
552.98
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
34
523.08
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
77.12
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
63.95
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
8.46
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.7
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
13.17
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.94
24.39
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.37
21.08
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
94.98
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
124.14
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
54.55
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
29.15
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
83.7
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
169.23
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.44
17.34
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
13.9
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.88
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
45.14
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
154
144.83
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
4.14
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
15.99
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Viau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
15.99
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Lee Viau
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Hubert Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100