Eli Cates vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Eli Cates
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eli Cates built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eli Cates posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.53 and WHIP 1.267 compared to 3.93 and 1.442 for Gary Wayne. By the career numbers, Eli Cates had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eli Cates and Gary Wayne

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.79
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
8.87
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.61
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
462
36.58
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.64
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
4.51
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
33.97
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
34.03
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.58
36.58
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Eli Cates and Gary Wayne

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.55
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.48
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.36
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.94
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.32
90.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.546
2.546
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eli Cates and Gary Wayne

Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
40
338.03
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
498.59
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
0.57
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
92.96
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
76.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.3
36.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
118.31
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
152.11
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
67.61
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.76
40.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
14
118.31
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
5.07
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA