Chris Michalak vs. Turk Wendell — Career Comparison

Chris Michalak
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Turk Wendell
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chris Michalak built a career as a starting pitcher and Turk Wendell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Turk Wendell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.490 compared to 4.7 and 1.683 for Chris Michalak. By the career numbers, Turk Wendell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Michalak and Turk Wendell

Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.87
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
7.69
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.13
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.47
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.5
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.71
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.34
39.34
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
4.7
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.93
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
27
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1937
27
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
191.1
9
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
645.2
9
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
10.72
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
8.13
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.72
10.72
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.13
8.13
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.27
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.02
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
4
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
4.52
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.42
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.77
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
4.09
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
7.18
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.899
0.899
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.24
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.8
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.39
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
872
41.02
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2812
39.2
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.47
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.56
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.13
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
4.2
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.31
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.22
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.53
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.405
1.405
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
756
35.56
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2406
33.54
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.02
41.02
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Chris Michalak and Turk Wendell

Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.87
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
7.69
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.13
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
27
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1937
27
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
191.1
9
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
645.2
9
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.75
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.96
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.02
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.2
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
2.87
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
2.27
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.78
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
2.16
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.09
95.09
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.967
0.967
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.34
39.34
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Michalak and Turk Wendell

Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
61
2287.5
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
552
6759.18
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
11
412.5
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
526.53
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.906
0.906
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.92
71.93
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
4.99
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
225
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
97.96
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.879
0.879
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.08
78.09
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.17
-14.37
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
225
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Turk Wendell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Michalak
Career
Per 600 PA
Turk Wendell
Career
Per 600 PA