Sterling Hitchcock vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Sterling Hitchcock
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Sterling Hitchcock a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Sterling Hitchcock led in strikeout rate (K%+ 113 vs 87), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 84), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 108 vs 92). Sterling Hitchcock was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Sterling Hitchcock and Tim Wakefield

Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.33
49.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.17
71.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
685
4.8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
4.41
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3857
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1285.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1374
9.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
1.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
1.17
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
3.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
997
6.98
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5635
39.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
738
5.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
5
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.34
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.65
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.435
1.435
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5031
35.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.45
39.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Sterling Hitchcock and Tim Wakefield

Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3857
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1285.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
1.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
1.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.51
94.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.17
71.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sterling Hitchcock and Tim Wakefield

Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
281
702.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
210
525
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
47.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
1.44
3.6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
47.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
12.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.33
-20.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
112
280
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
2.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sterling Hitchcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA