Fergie Jenkins vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Fergie Jenkins
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Fergie Jenkins and Michael Wacha are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 97 for Fergie Jenkins and 99 for Michael Wacha, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 94 and 96 respectively. If forced to pick, Michael Wacha gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Fergie Jenkins and Michael Wacha

Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
1.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
1.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
0.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.69
55.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.46
89.46
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
0.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1669
3.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13502
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4500.2
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4142
8.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
0.97
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
997
1.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3192
6.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.931
0.931
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18400
36.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1853
3.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17082
34.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.79
36.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Fergie Jenkins and Michael Wacha

Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
1.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
1.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13501
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4500.1
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
0.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
1.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
2.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.43
95.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.541
1.541
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.46
89.46
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fergie Jenkins and Michael Wacha

Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
665
395.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1010
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
896
532.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
87.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
60.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
16.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.56
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
27.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.04
29.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
226
134.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
112.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
32.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
50.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
74.85
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.27
22.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
24.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
326
193.66
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.1
3.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
39.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100