Jim Ray vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Jim Ray
Silent GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Ray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Ray led in home run suppression (HR9+ 89 vs 78), strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 87), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 92 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 92 vs 86). Role difference aside, Jim Ray holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Ray and Tim Wakefield

Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.56
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.9
58.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1853
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
617.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
7.88
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
5.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.098
1.098
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2614
38.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.68
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2294
33.43
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Jim Ray and Tim Wakefield

Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1854
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
618
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.43
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Ray and Tim Wakefield

Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
309
1459.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
552.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
75.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
75.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1.39
6.58
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
16
75.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
89.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
28.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
47.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-9.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.62
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
203.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.95
2.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
7
33.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
23.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA