John Butcher vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

John Butcher
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give John Butcher a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. John Butcher led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 135 vs 92), home run suppression (HR9+ 112 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 87 vs 74). John Butcher was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for John Butcher and Tim Wakefield

John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
1.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.35
42.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.9
68.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
409
4.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
4.41
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2501
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
833.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
931
10.05
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.47
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
3.92
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3577
38.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
4.79
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3282
35.43
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for John Butcher and Tim Wakefield

John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
1.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2501
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
833.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
2.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
2.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.9
68.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Butcher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for John Butcher and Tim Wakefield

John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
164
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
600
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Butcher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Butcher
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA