Ray King vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Ray King
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray King as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Wacha led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 95), strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 94). Ray King held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 105 vs 94). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Michael Wacha.

Pitching Stats for Ray King and Michael Wacha

Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
12.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.51
46.51
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.46
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1233
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
8.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.74
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
3.96
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
6.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.117
1.117
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1747
38.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1518
33.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Ray King and Michael Wacha

Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
12.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1233
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.189
0.189
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray King and Michael Wacha

Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
593
59300
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-63.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
258.62
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100