Amir Garrett vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Amir Garrett
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Amir Garrett as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Wacha led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 80), home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 82), and run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 91). Amir Garrett held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 112 vs 94). Role difference aside, Michael Wacha holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Amir Garrett and Michael Wacha

Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
8.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.63
40.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
4.95
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
992
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
330.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
7.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.73
7.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
5.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
10.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.53
10.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.754
1.754
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
39.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
5.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.443
1.443
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1230
33.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Amir Garrett and Michael Wacha

Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
8.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
992
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
330.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.55
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.162
0.162
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Amir Garrett and Michael Wacha

Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
328
7872
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
21
504
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-0.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
1
24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-2.3
-55.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
168
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Amir Garrett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
96
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
3
72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Amir Garrett
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100