Tony Faeth vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Tony Faeth
Lost GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Faeth as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Faeth posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.708 compared to 3.89 and 1.286 for Michael Wacha. By the career numbers, Tony Faeth had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Faeth and Michael Wacha

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.95
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.41
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
9.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
4.36
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.177
1.177
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
37.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.78
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
31.36
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Tony Faeth and Michael Wacha

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4882
27
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627.1
9
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.526
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Faeth and Michael Wacha

Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1140
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-37.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Tony Faeth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Tony Faeth
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100