Alex Newkirk vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Alex Newkirk
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Alex Newkirk 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 5.38 and 1.602 for Alex Newkirk. By the career numbers, Gary Wayne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Newkirk and Gary Wayne

Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.71
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.93
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
152.1
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
11.05
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.31
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
3.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
40.71
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
39.36
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
6.03
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.83
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.65
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.77
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
36.45
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.71
40.71
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Alex Newkirk and Gary Wayne

Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.76
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.88
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.28
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.48
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Newkirk and Gary Wayne

Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
44
347.37
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
544.74
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.684
0.684
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
157.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
142.11
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.59
59.91
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
181.58
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
189.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.329
0.329
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.662
0.662
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.551
0.551
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
39.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
86.84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.41
74.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA