Willie Banks vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Willie Banks
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Willie Banks a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Willie Banks led in strikeout rate (K%+ 111 vs 87), home run suppression (HR9+ 99 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 92 vs 85). Willie Banks was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Willie Banks and Tim Wakefield

Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
2.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
4.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
4.41
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1831
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
610.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
632
9.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
4.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
6.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2717
40.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
370
5.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
5
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2359
34.79
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.07
40.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Willie Banks and Tim Wakefield

Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
2.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1831
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
610.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.96
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.42
92.42
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.41
46.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Banks and Tim Wakefield

Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
184
1380
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
68
510
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
90
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
22.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
105
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.428
0.428
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
20.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.62
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
172.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.48
3.48
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
8
60
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Banks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA