Mark Littell vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Mark Littell
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Mark Littell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mark Littell led in home run suppression (HR9+ 241 vs 94), strikeout rate (K%+ 130 vs 94), and run prevention (ERA+ 122 vs 99). Michael Wacha held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 71). Role difference aside, Mark Littell holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mark Littell and Michael Wacha

Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
5.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.79
50.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.95
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.218
0.218
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1596
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
532
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
7.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.04
7.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
5.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
7.88
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2268
38.37
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
3.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.353
1.353
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1913
32.36
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.37
38.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Mark Littell and Michael Wacha

Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
5.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1596
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
532
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.51
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.13
92.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Littell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Littell and Michael Wacha

Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
316
5124.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
551.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
3.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
64.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
48.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
64.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.57
-25.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
32.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
291.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
258.62
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mark Littell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mark Littell
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100