Rick James vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Rick James
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Michael Wacha posted a stronger line than Rick James. Michael Wacha posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.89 vs 13.5) and WHIP (1.286 vs 2.357). By the career numbers, Michael Wacha had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Rick James and Michael Wacha

Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
1.59
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
13.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.19
13.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
17.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.36
17.36
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
40.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
36.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Rick James and Michael Wacha

Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
1.59
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick James and Michael Wacha

Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
258.62
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rick James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rick James
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100