Ken Dayley vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Ken Dayley
Baby BoomersIdahoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Dayley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Dayley led in home run suppression (HR9+ 123 vs 78), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 84), and run prevention (ERA+ 100 vs 90). Role difference aside, Ken Dayley holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ken Dayley and Tim Wakefield

Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
6.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.71
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.61
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
3.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1721
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
573.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
564
8.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
3.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2450
38.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.375
1.375
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2164
33.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.44
38.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Ken Dayley and Tim Wakefield

Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
6.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1721
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
573.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.99
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.73
97.73
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.223
0.223
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Dayley and Tim Wakefield

Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
388
2450.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
95
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
81
511.58
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
107.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
107.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
28.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
107.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
151.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
25.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
37.89
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.64
35.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
44.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
202.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
2.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
44.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dayley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Dayley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA