Lefty Wallace vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Lefty Wallace
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Wallace 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 4.11 and 1.362 for Lefty Wallace. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Wallace and Ted Wilks

Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
3.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.45
27.45
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
4.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
144.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
8.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.56
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.98
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
3.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.795
0.795
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.5
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
632
39.32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.87
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.54
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.362
1.362
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
35.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.32
39.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Lefty Wallace and Ted Wilks

Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.804
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Wallace and Ted Wilks

Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
52
709.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
38
518.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
68.94
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
3.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.99
15.3
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
76.6
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
8
109.09
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
109.79
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
38.3
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.99
-13.47
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
7.75
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
68.18
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
40.85
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
231.82
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
150.64
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
2.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Lefty Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.64
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
33.19
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA