Mike Fornieles vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Mike Fornieles
Silent GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Fornieles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Fornieles posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 4.41 and 1.361 for Tim Wakefield. By the career numbers, Mike Fornieles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Fornieles and Tim Wakefield

Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.61
49.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.59
17.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
3.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3470
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1156.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1165
9.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.06
9.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
3.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
4.48
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.862
0.862
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4983
38.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
4.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.371
1.371
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4530
35.25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Mike Fornieles and Tim Wakefield

Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.98
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2931
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
977
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
2.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.97
94.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.655
0.655
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.43
13.43
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Fornieles and Tim Wakefield

Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
440
795.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
332
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
308
556.63
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
93.98
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
77.71
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.72
19.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
115.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
99.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
45.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
28.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
72.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.56
11.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
113.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.27
5.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
37.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fornieles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Fornieles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA