Tony Welzer vs. Ted Wilks — Career Comparison

Tony Welzer
Lost GenerationGermanyThrows RightBats RightEuropeBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tony Welzer 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 4.78 and 1.626 for Tony Welzer. By the career numbers, Ted Wilks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Welzer and Ted Wilks

Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
2.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.89
32.89
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
4.78
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.26
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
932
27
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
310.2
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
11.04
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.04
11.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
3.59
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.79
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
2.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.673
0.673
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1413
40.93
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3765
37.11
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
5.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.626
1.626
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1282
37.14
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3471
34.22
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.93
40.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11

Fielding Stats for Tony Welzer and Ted Wilks

Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.32
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.434
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Welzer and Ted Wilks

Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
76
442.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
103
600
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
80
466.02
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
69.9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
58.25
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
61.28
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.17
30.12
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
81.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
163.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
46.6
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.95
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
81.55
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.97
34.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
93.2
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
16
40.85
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
87.38
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.87
6.87
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.07
1.07
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
40.78
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Welzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA