Alan Foster vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Alan Foster
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Alan Foster a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Alan Foster led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 92), home run suppression (HR9+ 86 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 87 vs 81). Alan Foster was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Alan Foster and Tim Wakefield

Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.42
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.24
43.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.2
68.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
3.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3076
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
988
8.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.87
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
3.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
4.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.862
0.862
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4364
38.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
4.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3896
34.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Alan Foster and Tim Wakefield

Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
3079
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1026.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.82
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.69
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.24
93.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.2
68.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alan Foster and Tim Wakefield

Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
225
389.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
347
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
510.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
57.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.81
10.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
63.98
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
88.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
29.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
58.79
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-0.7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
27.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
84
145.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.13
4.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
58.79
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Alan Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA