Brandon McCarthy vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Brandon McCarthy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Brandon McCarthy a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Brandon McCarthy led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 161 vs 92), home run suppression (HR9+ 125 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 84). Brandon McCarthy was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brandon McCarthy and Tim Wakefield

Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.88
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.92
47.92
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.25
77.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
4.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3671
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1223.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1268
9.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
2.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
6.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.68
6.68
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.006
1.006
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5163
37.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
4.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.76
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4740
34.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Brandon McCarthy and Tim Wakefield

Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.88
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3671
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1223.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.65
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
1.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.847
0.847
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.25
77.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon McCarthy and Tim Wakefield

Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
255
916.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
524.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
9
32.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
25.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.19
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.45
5.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
11
39.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
64.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
35.93
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.79
-20.82
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.34
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
76
273.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Brandon McCarthy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
12
43.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon McCarthy
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA