Lindy McDaniel vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Lindy McDaniel
Silent GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational 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 Lindy McDaniel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lindy McDaniel led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 122 vs 92), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 84), and strikeout rate (K%+ 92 vs 87). Tim Wakefield held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 78 vs 76). Role difference aside, Lindy McDaniel holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Lindy McDaniel and Tim Wakefield

Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
987
4.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.56
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.23
54.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
821
3.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6418
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2139.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2099
8.83
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
2.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.57
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1361
5.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.927
0.927
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8971
37.74
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
2.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
934
3.93
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8275
34.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.74
37.74
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Lindy McDaniel and Tim Wakefield

Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
987
4.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6421
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2140.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
1.88
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
2.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
2.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lindy McDaniel and Tim Wakefield

Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
19
19
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
988
1438.83
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
378
550.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
81.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
61.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
20.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.6
19.8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
110.68
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
94.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
27.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
24.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
48.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
7.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
11.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
159
231.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
2.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Lindy McDaniel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
36.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lindy McDaniel
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA