Joe Boever vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Joe Boever
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Boever as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Boever led in strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 87), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 84), and home run suppression (HR9+ 88 vs 78). Role difference aside, Joe Boever holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Joe Boever and Tim Wakefield

Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
6.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.04
43.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.93
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751
8.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.89
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
4.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
6.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3301
39.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
4.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2867
34.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Joe Boever and Tim Wakefield

Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
6.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Boever and Tim Wakefield

Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
516
18211.76
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
7.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-13.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Joe Boever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Boever
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA