Elden Auker vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Elden Auker
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Elden Auker built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gary Wayne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 4.42 and 1.495 for Elden Auker. By the career numbers, Gary Wayne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elden Auker and Gary Wayne

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.6
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.46
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.28
56.28
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.58
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
4.42
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.93
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5890
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1963.1
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2230
10.22
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.59
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
3.24
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
2.72
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.662
0.662
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8688
39.83
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
39.36
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106
5.07
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.495
1.495
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7944
36.42
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Elden Auker and Gary Wayne

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249.2
9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.77
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.69
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.742
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elden Auker and Gary Wayne

Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
272.45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
700
535.71
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.536
0.536
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
100.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
77.3
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.48
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.59
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.96
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.05
35.24
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
139.29
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
174
133.16
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.494
0.494
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
55.87
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
55.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
106.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44.57
34.11
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
31.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
232
177.55
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
31.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.53
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA