Nick Mears vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Nick Mears
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Nick Mears as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nick Mears led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 127 vs 92), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 84), and strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 87). Role difference aside, Nick Mears holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Nick Mears and Tim Wakefield

Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
9.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.61
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
4.41
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
492
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
8.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
9.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
38.69
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
4.94
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
615
33.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.69
38.69
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Nick Mears and Tim Wakefield

Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
9.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
492
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.92
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.88
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.88
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.095
0.095
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Mears
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Mears and Tim Wakefield

Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PAverified
169
101400
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Mears
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Mears
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA