Rich Gossage vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Rich Gossage
Baby BoomersColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich Gossage 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 79), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 86), and run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 95). Rich Gossage held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 94). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Michael Wacha.

Pitching Stats for Rich Gossage and Michael Wacha

Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1002
4.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.61
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.68
53.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
3.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5428
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1809.1
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1497
7.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
732
3.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1502
7.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.235
1.235
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7507
37.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
3.39
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
3.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6555
32.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.34
37.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Rich Gossage and Michael Wacha

Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1002
4.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5428
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1809.1
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
0.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
1.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
1.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.47
92.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich Gossage and Michael Wacha

Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1003
6470.97
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
93
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
548.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.312
0.312
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
51.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
7.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
64.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
83.87
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.9
-12.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
25.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
238.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
2.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
4
25.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rich Gossage
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rich Gossage
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100