Mike Harkey vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Mike Harkey
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mike Harkey built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gary Wayne led in home run suppression (HR9+ 120 vs 87), strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 74), and run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 94). Mike Harkey held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 110 vs 102). Role difference aside, Gary Wayne holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Harkey and Gary Wayne

Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.8
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.43
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.49
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.49
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.39
79.39
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
4.49
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.93
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
720
9.88
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.88
9.88
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.03
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.79
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.09
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
4.34
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.825
0.825
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2852
39.13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
4.88
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.38
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.29
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.64
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2560
35.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Mike Harkey and Gary Wayne

Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.8
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.44
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1968
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.11
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.2
94.2
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.992
0.992
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.15
80.15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Harkey and Gary Wayne

Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
132
419.05
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
520.63
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
95.24
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
79.37
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.87
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.87
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.97
22.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
111.11
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
107.94
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
22.22
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
60.32
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.52
20.71
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.17
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.52
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
51
161.9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.71
3.71
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Harkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
66.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Harkey
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA