Brian Anderson vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Michael Wacha a clear advantage over Brian Anderson across the core pitching metrics. Michael Wacha led in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 66), home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 87). Brian Anderson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 186 vs 107). Michael Wacha was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brian Anderson and Michael Wacha

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
1.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.7
49.7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6532
38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.345
1.345
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Brian Anderson and Michael Wacha

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
1.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.82
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.58
95.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Michael Wacha

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
308
641.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
288
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
531.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
72.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
54.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
17.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
89.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
31.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
20.83
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
50
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
5.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
14.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
22
45.83
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100