Yimi Garcia vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Yimi Garcia
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Yimi Garcia as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Yimi Garcia led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 152 vs 107), strikeout rate (K%+ 117 vs 94), and run prevention (ERA+ 114 vs 99). Michael Wacha held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 82). Role difference aside, Yimi Garcia holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Yimi Garcia and Michael Wacha

Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
9.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.59
42.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
3.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
7.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.23
7.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.79
9.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1713
36.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
2.68
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.061
1.061
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1557
33.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.77
36.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Yimi Garcia and Michael Wacha

Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
9.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1258
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
419.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.45
92.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.112
0.112
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Yimi Garcia and Michael Wacha

Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
87200
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.64
-128.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Yimi Garcia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Yimi Garcia
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100