Frank Lary vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Frank Lary
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Frank Lary a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Frank Lary led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 92), home run suppression (HR9+ 104 vs 78), and run prevention (ERA+ 111 vs 90). Frank Lary was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Frank Lary and Tim Wakefield

Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
1.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
1.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.48
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.46
52.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.43
83.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
3.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
6487
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
2162.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2123
8.84
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
2.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
1099
4.57
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.793
0.793
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
9107
37.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8394
34.94
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.9
37.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Frank Lary and Tim Wakefield

Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
1.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
1.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
6487
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
2162.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.72
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
2.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
2.19
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.43
83.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Lary
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Lary and Tim Wakefield

Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
362
262.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
828
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
734
531.88
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.501
0.501
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
94.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
76.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
8.7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
4.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
17.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.15
26.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
124.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
123.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
49.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
39.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
84.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.88
23.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
28.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
152.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.92
3.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
37.68
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
16
11.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Lary
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Lary
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA