Jim Buchanan vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Jim Buchanan
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Jim Buchanan posted a stronger line than Tim Wakefield. Jim Buchanan posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.5 vs 4.41) and WHIP (1.245 vs 1.361). By the career numbers, Jim Buchanan had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Buchanan and Tim Wakefield

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.96
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.71
35.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.18
68.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.76
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
141.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
9.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
36.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.84
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
34.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.68
36.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Jim Buchanan and Tim Wakefield

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.96
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.3
87.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.18
68.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Buchanan and Tim Wakefield

Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
22
253.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
530.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
26.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
138.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
69.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
24.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
0.63
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA