Bill James vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Bill James
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bill James and Zack Wheeler are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill James carried a career ERA of 3.2 against Zack Wheeler's 3.28. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bill James and Zack Wheeler — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill James and Zack Wheeler

Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.55
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.12
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.54
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.79
47.79
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.41
72.41
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
3.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
3.28
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3539
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179.2
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1110
8.47
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
4.41
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
3.11
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.836
0.836
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.37
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4958
37.83
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.22
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
4.26
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4332
33.05
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6451
33.59
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.83
37.83
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Bill James and Zack Wheeler

Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5185
27
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1728.1
9
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.89
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.56
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.5
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.138
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill James and Zack Wheeler

Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
203
294.92
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
413
600
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
323
600
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
520.1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
74.09
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
81.73
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
63.92
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.72
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.17
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.08
19
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
85.71
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.02
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
117.68
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
36.32
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
12
17.43
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
53.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
55.73
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.26
13.45
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
39.23
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.29
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
200.48
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
2.99
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
25
36.32
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Bill James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.45
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.91
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.36
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA