Rick Langford vs. Dan Wheeler — Career Comparison

Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dan Wheeler
Gen XRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Langford built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Wheeler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Wheeler led in strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 86), walk avoidance (BB%+ 144 vs 134), and run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 112). Rick Langford held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 76). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dan Wheeler.

Pitching Stats for Rick Langford and Dan Wheeler

Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
8.27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.44
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.35
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.6
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.78
40.78
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.6
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
4.01
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.98
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1922
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
640.2
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
8.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.25
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
2.73
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
555
7.8
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.8
7.8
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.169
1.169
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.28
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6329
38.2
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2680
37.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
2.63
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
745
4.5
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
4.19
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.28
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.32
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.59
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.332
1.332
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2430
34.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
38.2
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65

Fielding Stats for Rick Langford and Dan Wheeler

Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
8.27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1922
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
640.2
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.51
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.27
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.81
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.19
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.36
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
2.15
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.32
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.91
96.91
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Langford and Dan Wheeler

Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
265
26500
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
590
44250
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
525
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
9.59
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.81
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA