Jim Bouton vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Jim Bouton
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Jim Bouton a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Jim Bouton led in home run suppression (HR9+ 98 vs 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 106 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 84). Jim Bouton was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bouton and Tim Wakefield

Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.6
49.6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3716
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1238.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
8.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
3.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
720
5.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5200
37.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
4.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4734
34.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.78
37.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Jim Bouton and Tim Wakefield

Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3715
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1238.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
2.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.07
95.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bouton and Tim Wakefield

Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
307
467.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
528.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
53.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
48.73
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.26
8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
57.87
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
79.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
31.98
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
44.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.35
-9.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
160
243.65
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.46
2.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
44.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Jim Bouton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bouton
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA