Pedro Baez vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Pedro Baez
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos 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 Pedro Baez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pedro Baez led in run prevention (ERA+ 136 vs 99), home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 123 vs 96). Role difference aside, Pedro Baez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Pedro Baez and Michael Wacha

Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
8.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.41
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.33
58.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
362.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
6.87
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
3.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
9.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1489
36.95
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1337
33.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.95
36.95
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Pedro Baez and Michael Wacha

Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
8.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
362.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.92
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.49
86.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.088
0.088
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pedro Baez and Michael Wacha

Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
362
31028.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-27.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
2.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100