Michael Wacha vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Michael Wacha 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 1.286 for Michael Wacha. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Michael Wacha and Ted Wilks

Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.68
59.68
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
3.97
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Michael Wacha and Ted Wilks

Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4882
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627.1
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Wacha and Ted Wilks

Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA