Billy McCool vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Billy McCool
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Billy McCool as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Billy McCool led in home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 78), strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 87), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 92 vs 69). Role difference aside, Billy McCool holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Billy McCool and Tim Wakefield

Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
4.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.24
43.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.99
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
3.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
1585
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
7.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
4.63
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.65
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
8.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.63
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2296
39.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
2.78
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.395
1.395
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
2002
34.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.11
39.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Billy McCool and Tim Wakefield

Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
4.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
1586
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
528.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.58
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.9
94.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy McCool
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Billy McCool and Tim Wakefield

Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
292
1607.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
109
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
555.96
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
7
38.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
7
38.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
2.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
7
38.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
11
60.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.21
-28.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
53
291.74
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Billy McCool
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
4
22.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy McCool
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA