Chuck McElroy vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Chuck McElroy
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Chuck McElroy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chuck McElroy led in home run suppression (HR9+ 90 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 90), and strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 87). Tim Wakefield held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 92 vs 81). Role difference aside, Chuck McElroy holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Chuck McElroy and Tim Wakefield

Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
7.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.46
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.88
55.88
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
3.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2218
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
739.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
8.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
4.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
604
7.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.35
7.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.307
1.307
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3233
39.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
2.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
4.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.34
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2801
34.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Chuck McElroy and Tim Wakefield

Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
655
7.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2221
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
740.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.205
0.205
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chuck McElroy and Tim Wakefield

Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
655
8931.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
572.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
122.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
68.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
36.92
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
190.91
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
122.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.548
0.548
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
34.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
177.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA