Tom Walker vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Tom Walker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tom Walker 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. Tom Walker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.282 compared to 3.26 and 1.221 for Ted Wilks. By the career numbers, Tom Walker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Walker and Ted Wilks

Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.58
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.85
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
3.26
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1109
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
369.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
9.18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
2.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.517
0.517
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.61
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1537
37.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
3.75
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.282
1.282
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1415
34.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.42
37.42
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Tom Walker and Ted Wilks

Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
9
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.36
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
2.89
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.82
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.48
97.48
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.417
2.417
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.58
89.58
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Walker and Ted Wilks

Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
48
200
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
144
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
132
550
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
525.96
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
70.83
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
66.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
16.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
79.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
25
104.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
62.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
66.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.71
7.15
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.17
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
29.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
112.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.33
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Walker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA