Emmett Nelson vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Emmett Nelson
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Emmett Nelson 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. Gary Wayne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 4.07 and 1.565 for Emmett Nelson. By the career numbers, Gary Wayne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Emmett Nelson and Gary Wayne

Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.91
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.93
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.58
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
32
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.07
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.93
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.1
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
10.94
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.94
10.94
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.14
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.98
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.569
0.569
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
40.27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
39.36
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.28
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.565
1.565
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
36.78
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.27
40.27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Emmett Nelson and Gary Wayne

Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
27
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249.2
9
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.77
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.69
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.88
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Emmett Nelson and Gary Wayne

Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
25
681.82
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
572.73
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
6.54
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.47
-12.82
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
272.73
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
2.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Emmett Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emmett Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA