Dave Righetti vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Dave Righetti
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Righetti as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Righetti led in home run suppression (HR9+ 98 vs 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 103 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 92 vs 84). Role difference aside, Dave Righetti holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dave Righetti and Tim Wakefield

Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
4.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.57
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.93
50.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.4
12.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
540
3.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
4211
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1403.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1287
8.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.25
8.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.61
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
3.79
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1112
7.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.213
1.213
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
5988
38.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
3.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.42
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
5269
33.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.39
38.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Dave Righetti and Tim Wakefield

Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
4.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.57
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
4211
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1403.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.96
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
1.26
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.19
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.91
93.91
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.4
12.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Righetti and Tim Wakefield

Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
26925
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
11
412.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
12.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
14.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
225
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
69.23
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA