Wayne Garland vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Wayne Garland
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Wayne Garland a clear advantage over Michael Wacha across the core pitching metrics. Wayne Garland led in home run suppression (HR9+ 118 vs 94), run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 99), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 114 vs 107). Michael Wacha held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 83). Wayne Garland was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Wayne Garland and Michael Wacha

Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
1.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
1.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.68
63.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
3.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3120
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1040
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1082
9.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.36
9.36
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
2.84
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
3.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4443
38.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
515
4.46
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.51
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.356
1.356
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3984
34.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Wayne Garland and Michael Wacha

Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
1.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
1.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3120
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1040
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
2.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.53
95.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.68
63.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wayne Garland and Michael Wacha

Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
190
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
600
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Wayne Garland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Wayne Garland
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100