Clay Kirby vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Clay Kirby
Baby BoomersDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Clay Kirby and Tim Wakefield 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 89 for Clay Kirby and 90 for Tim Wakefield, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 85 and 84 respectively. If forced to pick, Tim Wakefield gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Clay Kirby and Tim Wakefield

Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.9
41.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
3.84
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4644
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1430
8.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
4.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
6.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
6682
38.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
4.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.384
1.384
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
5835
33.92
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Clay Kirby and Tim Wakefield

Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4645
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
1548.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
1.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
1.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.64
89.64
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Kirby and Tim Wakefield

Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
265
285.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
556
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
478
515.83
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
50.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
45.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.73
8.34
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
56.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
86.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
23.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
16.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
39.93
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.3
-7.87
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
34.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
217
234.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
48.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA