Dallas Braden vs. Gary Wagner — Career Comparison

Dallas Braden
MillenialArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wagner
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dallas Braden built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wagner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dallas Braden led in home run suppression (HR9+ 159 vs 106), walk avoidance (BB%+ 130 vs 82), and run prevention (ERA+ 119 vs 90). Gary Wagner held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 89 vs 83). Role difference aside, Dallas Braden holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dallas Braden and Gary Wagner

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
5.45
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.48
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.66
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.64
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.94
41.94
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.12
44.12
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.74
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
4.16
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
3.7
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
802
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
267.1
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
9.34
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
8.42
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.82
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.47
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.58
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
4.24
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.54
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
5.59
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
5.86
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.908
0.908
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.122
1.122
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2076
38.03
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1153
38.82
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.15
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.63
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.54
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
4.38
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.27
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.71
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.325
1.325
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.407
1.407
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1899
34.78
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1014
34.14
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Dallas Braden and Gary Wagner

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.72
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
5.46
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.45
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1474
27
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
801
27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491.1
9
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
9
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.84
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.3
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.52
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
1.87
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.63
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.74
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.36
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.14
93.14
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.74
89.74
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.432
0.432
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.04
84.04
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dallas Braden and Gary Wagner

Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
9400
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
2492.31
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
569.23
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
3.86
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.36
-35.89
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.11
-32.42
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
26
400
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dallas Braden
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA