Al Atkinson vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Atkinson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Wacha posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.89 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 3.96 and 1.259 for Al Atkinson. By the career numbers, Michael Wacha had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Michael Wacha

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
3.96
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Michael Wacha

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Michael Wacha

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
424
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100