Terry Mathews vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Terry Mathews
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Terry Mathews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Terry Mathews led in home run suppression (HR9+ 98 vs 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 106 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 92 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 87 vs 80). Role difference aside, Terry Mathews holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Terry Mathews and Tim Wakefield

Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
6.92
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.16
51.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
4.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1265
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
421.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
9.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
3.84
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
6.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.4
6.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.138
1.138
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1822
38.89
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
4.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.64
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1595
34.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Terry Mathews and Tim Wakefield

Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
6.92
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1265
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
421.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.98
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
2.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Terry Mathews and Tim Wakefield

Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
324
8100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
225
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
150
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.77
94.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
300
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
225
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
150
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.97
99.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
225
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Terry Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA