Michael Blazek vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Michael Blazek
MillenialNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Blazek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Blazek led in home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 113 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 92 vs 88). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Michael Blazek.

Pitching Stats for Michael Blazek and Tim Wakefield

Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
7.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.56
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
4.41
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
8.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
1.17
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
7.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
40.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
5
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
491
34.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.08
40.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Michael Blazek and Tim Wakefield

Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
7.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.91
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.92
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.177
0.177
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Blazek and Tim Wakefield

Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
11400
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.18
-18.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Blazek
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA