Joe Azcue vs. Eddie Waitkus — Career Comparison

Joe Azcue
Silent GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueCatcherAll-Star
Eddie Waitkus
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueFirst BasemanAll-Star

Joe Azcue and Eddie Waitkus are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 98 for Joe Azcue, 102 for Eddie Waitkus), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 103 vs 101). The overall lean goes to Eddie Waitkus, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Joe Azcue and Eddie Waitkus

Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
909
176.22
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1140
146.15
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
3095
600
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4680
600
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2828
548.24
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4254
545.38
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.666
0.666
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.734
0.734
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
712
138.03
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1214
155.64
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
559
108.37
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
931
119.36
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
94
18.22
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
27.56
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.74
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
5.64
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
9.69
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
24
3.08
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
153
29.66
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
283
36.28
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
289.21
56.07
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
547.28
70.16
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
974
188.82
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1589
203.72
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
936
181.45
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1597
204.74
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.648
0.648
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.718
0.718
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.543
0.543
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
201
38.97
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
528
67.69
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
304
58.93
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
373
47.82
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
455
88.21
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
877
112.44
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
305.69
59.26
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
607.45
77.88
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
3.3
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
11
1.41
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
207
40.13
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
372
47.69
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
8.72
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
4
0.51
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
344
66.69
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
26.15
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.94
22.94
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
1.82
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
11
2.13
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
5.13
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
6.2
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.38
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
87
16.87
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
9.62
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
5
0.97
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
3.59
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
2.33
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 600 PA
8
1.03
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
17
3.3
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
4.62
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 600 PA
29.41
29.41
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.78
77.78

Fielding Stats for Joe Azcue and Eddie Waitkus

Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
868
1.13
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1069
8.84
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
773
1
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.02
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20781
27
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3264
27
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6927
9
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
9
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5329
6.92
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9193
76.05
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
0.59
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
5.92
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.06
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.6
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5825
7.57
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9982
82.57
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5781
7.51
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9909
81.97
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.24
99.24
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.27
99.27
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.66
6.66
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.269
9.269
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.06
89.06
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.51
11.51
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.09
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
7.33
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.15
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
0.27
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Azcue
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
0.32
Eddie Waitkus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Azcue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
0.26
Eddie Waitkus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0