Jake Peavy vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Jake Peavy
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jake Peavy and Michael Wacha are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 99 for Jake Peavy and 99 for Michael Wacha, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 96 and 96 respectively. If forced to pick, Jake Peavy gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Jake Peavy and Michael Wacha

Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
1.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.68
54.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
3.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2134
8.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
0.98
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
2.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2207
8.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9838
37.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
3.83
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8927
33.8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Jake Peavy and Michael Wacha

Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
1.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7131
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2377
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
1.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.78
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.59
96.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Peavy and Michael Wacha

Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
393
394.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
598
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
519
520.74
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.489
0.489
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
87.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
66.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.94
24.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
115.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
112.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
48.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
33.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.53
18.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
165
165.55
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
3.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
52.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Peavy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jake Peavy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100