Mark Guthrie vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Mark Guthrie
Gen XNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Mark Guthrie 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 home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 73), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 87), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 101). Role difference aside, Michael Wacha holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mark Guthrie and Michael Wacha

Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
7.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
4.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2936
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
978.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
989
9.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
3.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
778
7.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.15
7.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.184
1.184
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4211
38.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
1.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
489
4.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3716
34.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Mark Guthrie and Michael Wacha

Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
765
7.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2936
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
978.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
1.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.38
95.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.216
0.216
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Guthrie and Michael Wacha

Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
30640
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
560
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
2.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-28.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mark Guthrie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mark Guthrie
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100