Fred Kipp vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Fred Kipp
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Kipp as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tim Wakefield posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.41 and WHIP 1.361 compared to 5.08 and 1.544 for Fred Kipp. By the career numbers, Tim Wakefield had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Kipp and Tim Wakefield

Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
5.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
4.41
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
1.17
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
3.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
5.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.988
0.988
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
38.99
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.87
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
5
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.474
1.474
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
35.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.99
38.99
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Fred Kipp and Tim Wakefield

Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.15
19.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Kipp and Tim Wakefield

Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
49
773.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
584.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
142.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
126.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.55
40.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
157.89
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
157.89
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.534
0.534
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.03
47.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Fred Kipp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Kipp
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA