Jamie Arnold vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Jamie Arnold
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Jamie Arnold as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Wacha led in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 46), run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 79), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 94). Jamie Arnold held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 320 vs 94). Role difference aside, Michael Wacha holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jamie Arnold and Michael Wacha

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.82
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
41.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.91
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
6.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
34.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.04
41.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Jamie Arnold and Michael Wacha

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.83
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jamie Arnold and Michael Wacha

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
1428.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
24.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
17.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
171.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100