Chris Archer vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Chris Archer
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Chris Archer and Michael Wacha are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 103 for Chris Archer and 99 for Michael Wacha, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 101 and 96 respectively. If forced to pick, Chris Archer gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Chris Archer and Michael Wacha

Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
1.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
1.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
1.59
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.45
41.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.77
98.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
3.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
8.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
1.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
3.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1454
9.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.64
9.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5723
37.96
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654
4.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5152
34.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.96
37.96
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Chris Archer and Michael Wacha

Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
1.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
1.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
1.59
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
1.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
1.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.47
92.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.77
98.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Archer and Michael Wacha

Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
245
1689.66
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
551.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
48.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
6.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
62.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
82.76
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
48.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-2.49
-17.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
262.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
258.62
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
2.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
20.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
13.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Chris Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Chris Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100