Jack Flaherty vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Jack Flaherty
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Jack Flaherty a clear advantage over Michael Wacha across the core pitching metrics. Jack Flaherty led in strikeout rate (K%+ 127 vs 94), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 99), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 96). Michael Wacha held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 100). Jack Flaherty was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jack Flaherty and Michael Wacha

Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
1.59
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.94
52.94
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
3.8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2972
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
990.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
7.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
1.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
3.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
10.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.27
10.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.495
1.495
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4120
37.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.198
1.198
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3686
33.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Jack Flaherty and Michael Wacha

Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
1.59
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2972
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
990.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
1.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.09
97.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
0.879
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Flaherty and Michael Wacha

Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
198
792
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
150
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
123
492
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
76
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
60
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.96
23.85
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
112
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
8
32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
7
28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
14
56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.8
19.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
184
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
3.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100