Elmer Dessens vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Elmer Dessens
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Elmer Dessens a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Elmer Dessens led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 125 vs 92), home run suppression (HR9+ 109 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 102 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 87 vs 84). Elmer Dessens was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Elmer Dessens and Tim Wakefield

Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.75
31.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
579
4.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
4.41
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3523
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300
9.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.96
9.96
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
2.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
5.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
5062
38.79
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
628
4.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.403
1.403
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4596
35.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Elmer Dessens and Tim Wakefield

Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
3523
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
1174.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
1.87
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
1.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.36
98.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.544
0.544
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.75
31.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Dessens and Tim Wakefield

Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
445
890
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
300
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
480
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
78
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
68
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
10
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.11
22.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
90
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
122
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
60
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.6
23.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
130
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.62
4.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Elmer Dessens
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
15
69.23
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Dessens
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA