Brian Anderson vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison
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
291
1.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
1.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
1.59
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.61
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.41
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.7
49.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.68
59.68
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
1.96
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
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
Career
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6532
38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.345
1.345
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6063
35.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
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
291
1.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
1.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
1.59
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
1.82
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
2.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
389
2.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.58
95.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
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
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
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
Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Michael Wacha
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
288
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
255
531.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
8.25
17.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
102.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
89.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
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
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
50
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
57
118.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5.05
5.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
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
Career
Per 600 PA
29
60
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
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