Jack Nabors vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Jack Nabors
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Nabors built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Nabors posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.472 compared to 3.93 and 1.442 for Gary Wayne. By the career numbers, Jack Nabors had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Nabors and Gary Wayne

Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.23
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.83
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.15
71.15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.87
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269.2
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
8.88
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
4.37
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.75
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
3.14
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.834
0.834
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
37.15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
5.21
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
974
32.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
34.03
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.15
37.15
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Jack Nabors and Gary Wayne

Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
27
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249.2
9
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.77
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.69
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.615
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Nabors and Gary Wayne

Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
52
350.56
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
573.03
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
60.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
60.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.18
7.92
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
60.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80.9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-12.5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.48
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
45
303.37
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.98
1.98
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Nabors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Nabors
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA