Dallas Braden vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Dallas Braden
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Dallas Braden a clear advantage over Michael Wacha across the core pitching metrics. Dallas Braden led in home run suppression (HR9+ 159 vs 94), walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 107), and run prevention (ERA+ 119 vs 99). Michael Wacha held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 83). Dallas Braden was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Dallas Braden and Michael Wacha

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.04
84.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
4.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
9.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.82
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
5.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.908
0.908
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2076
38.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
4.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.325
1.325
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1899
34.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.03
38.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Dallas Braden and Michael Wacha

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.87
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.14
93.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.04
84.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dallas Braden and Michael Wacha

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
9400
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-35.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100