Bill Byrd vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Bill Byrd
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Byrd posted a stronger line than Tim Wakefield. Bill Byrd posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.53 vs 4.41) and WHIP (1.227 vs 1.361). By the career numbers, Bill Byrd 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 Bill Byrd and Tim Wakefield

Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
1.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
1.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.66
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.56
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.76
59.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.29
74.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.77
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
3.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4124
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1374.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1394
9.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
741
4.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5807
38.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
672
4.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5380
35.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.02
38.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Bill Byrd and Tim Wakefield

Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
1.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
1.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5440
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1813.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
1.99
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
2.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
2.66
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.88
95.88
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.55
73.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Byrd and Tim Wakefield

Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
343
228.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
901
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
804
535.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
137.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
95.89
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
23.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
6.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
11.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.62
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
41.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107.11
71.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
209.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285
189.79
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
77.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
89.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
156.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115.8
77.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
51.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.91
81.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
12.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA