Ben Rivera vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Ben Rivera
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ben Rivera 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 97 for Ben Rivera and 99 for Michael Wacha, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 93 and 96 respectively. If forced to pick, Michael Wacha gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Ben Rivera and Michael Wacha

Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.61
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.5
57.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.13
73.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
4.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
955
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
318.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
8.88
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
4.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
6.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.165
1.165
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1405
39.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
4.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.464
1.464
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1218
34.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.72
39.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Ben Rivera and Michael Wacha

Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
955
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
318.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.08
98.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.13
73.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Rivera and Michael Wacha

Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
67
343.59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
117
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
93
476.92
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.16
5.96
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
71.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
7
35.9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.72
-8.8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
30.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
205.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
2.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
92.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100