Yovani Gallardo vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Yovani Gallardo
MillenialMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting PitcherSilver SluggerAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Michael Wacha a clear advantage over Yovani Gallardo across the core pitching metrics. Michael Wacha led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 83), run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 93), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 92). Yovani Gallardo held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 94). Michael Wacha was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Yovani Gallardo and Michael Wacha

Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
1.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
0.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.5
54.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.24
96.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
820
4.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5450
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1816.2
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1770
8.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.77
8.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
1.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
710
3.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1584
7.85
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7793
38.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
878
4.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.365
1.365
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6946
34.41
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Yovani Gallardo and Michael Wacha

Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
1.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
1.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5450
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1816.2
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.76
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
1.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.03
98.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.24
96.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Yovani Gallardo and Michael Wacha

Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
407.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
480
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
427
533.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
107.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
66.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
26.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
41.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
43.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
178.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
126.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
46.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
52.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
83.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.26
39.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
186.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Yovani Gallardo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
46.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 600 PA
5
6.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Yovani Gallardo
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100