Jacob deGrom vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Jacob deGrom
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Jacob deGrom a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Jacob deGrom led in home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 139 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 132 vs 84). Jacob deGrom was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jacob deGrom and Tim Wakefield

Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.56
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.63
59.63
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
2.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4619
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1539.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
6.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
2.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1851
10.82
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.82
10.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.426
1.426
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
6045
35.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
2.79
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.986
0.986
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
5607
32.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.34
35.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Jacob deGrom and Tim Wakefield

Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4619
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1539.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.99
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.72
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.33
98.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jacob deGrom and Tim Wakefield

Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
260
368.79
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
423
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
383
543.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
93.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.77
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.99
31.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
136.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
134.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
41.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
75.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.73
30.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
24.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
164.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.65
3.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
32.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
8
11.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA