Rich Hunter vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Rich Hunter
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rich Hunter 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 6.49 and 1.716 for Rich Hunter. By the career numbers, Gary Wayne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rich Hunter and Gary Wayne

Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.82
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.82
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.93
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
10.9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.9
10.9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.3
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.79
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.28
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.75
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
4.15
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.938
0.938
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.65
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
41.8
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
39.36
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
7.01
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
35.96
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.8
41.8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Rich Hunter and Gary Wayne

Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.82
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.82
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.65
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.69
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.48
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.47
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.34
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich Hunter and Gary Wayne

Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
15
391.3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
469.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.89
23.21
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.82
21.4
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
130.43
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.6
4.6
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA