Kurt Ainsworth vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Kurt Ainsworth
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kurt Ainsworth built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gary Wayne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 5.19 and 1.555 for Kurt Ainsworth. By the career numbers, Gary Wayne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Gary Wayne

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.06
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.19
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.93
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9.66
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.79
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
4.33
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.75
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
6.39
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
5.91
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.192
1.192
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.073
1.073
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
40.43
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
39.36
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.43
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.78
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
34.82
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Gary Wayne

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.06
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
126.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.14
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.71
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.77
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.71
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.92
95.92
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.828
0.828
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.86
75.86
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kurt Ainsworth and Gary Wayne

Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
30
545.45
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
4.1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.24
-22.63
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
8
145.45
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Kurt Ainsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kurt Ainsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA