Edgar McNabb vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Edgar McNabb
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Edgar McNabb as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Edgar McNabb posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.12 and WHIP 1.549 compared to 4.41 and 1.361 for Tim Wakefield. By the career numbers, Edgar McNabb had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Edgar McNabb and Tim Wakefield

Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.89
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.76
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
10.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
3.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
41.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
6.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
5
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.549
1.549
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
37.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.07
41.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Edgar McNabb and Tim Wakefield

Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
426
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.96
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.98
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.66
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.36
89.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Edgar McNabb and Tim Wakefield

Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
21
172.6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
550.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
106.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
90.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
38.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
131.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
156.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
90.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
65.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
156.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.04
41.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.62
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
73.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.11
8.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar McNabb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar McNabb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA