Jim Willoughby vs. Wilbur Wood — Career Comparison

Jim Willoughby
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Wilbur Wood
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Wilbur Wood built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Willoughby as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Wilbur Wood led in home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 83), run prevention (ERA+ 98 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 92). Jim Willoughby held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 141 vs 114). Role difference aside, Wilbur Wood holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Willoughby and Wilbur Wood

Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
3.89
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.46
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.42
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.55
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.59
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.52
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.25
51.25
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.38
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.56
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.19
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
3.79
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
965
3.24
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1652
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8052
27
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
550.2
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2684
9
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
558
9.12
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2582
8.66
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.12
9.12
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.93
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.7
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.37
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
724
2.43
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.47
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.24
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
4.09
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1411
4.73
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
0.717
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.796
0.796
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.24
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.21
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2306
37.69
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11154
37.4
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
2.19
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
0.66
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.35
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
3.79
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.57
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.18
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.87
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.38
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.277
1.277
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2088
34.13
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10209
34.23
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.69
37.69
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4

Fielding Stats for Jim Willoughby and Wilbur Wood

Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
3.89
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
2.18
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.46
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1653
27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8055
27
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
9
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2685
9
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.88
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.28
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.58
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
1.75
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.55
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
621
2.08
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
2.47
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
607
2.03
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.79
96.79
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.75
97.75
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.635
0.635
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.62
45.62
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Willoughby and Wilbur Wood

Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
242
1837.97
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
651
1025.2
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
79
600
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
600
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
508.86
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
507.09
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
75.95
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
42.52
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
53.16
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
39.37
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.19
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.15
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.78
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.15
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
25.27
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.43
5.39
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
113.92
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
45.67
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
106.33
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
75.59
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
45.57
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
17.32
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.78
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
20.47
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
37.8
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
16.19
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
-9.85
-15.51
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30.38
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
31.5
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
182.28
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
189
297.64
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
2.02
2.02
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60.76
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
59.84
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.59
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.02
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Jim Willoughby
Career
Per 600 PA
Wilbur Wood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100