Ted Wilks vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Ted Wilks
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lefty Williams 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. Lefty Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.238 compared to 3.26 and 1.221 for Ted Wilks. By the career numbers, Lefty Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Wilks and Lefty Williams

Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3.8
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
1.43
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.15
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.58
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.62
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.29
66.29
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.08
63.08
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.43
11.43
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.42
80.42
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.22
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.61
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.45
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
3.26
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
3.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3558
27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1186
9
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
8.2
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1121
8.51
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.75
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
2.79
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
2.63
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.97
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
515
3.91
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.751
0.751
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.11
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.35
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3765
37.11
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
36.42
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
1.88
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
3.59
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
497
3.77
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.238
1.238
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
34.22
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4406
33.44
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.11
37.11
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.42
36.42

Fielding Stats for Ted Wilks and Lefty Williams

Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
385
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.47
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.339
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Wilks and Lefty Williams

Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
385
982.98
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
190
255.03
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
600
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
206
525.96
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
384
515.44
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
27
68.94
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
81.88
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
24
61.28
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
67.11
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.05
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.71
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.66
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.77
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
5.99
15.3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.25
25.83
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
30
76.6
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
103.36
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
43
109.79
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
127.52
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.428
0.428
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
15
38.3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
40.27
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
38.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
28
71.49
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
79.19
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
7.75
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.14
24.35
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.34
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
16
40.85
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
44.3
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
150.64
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
150.34
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
3.99
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
13
33.19
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
38.93
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Wilks
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA