Ben Rivera vs. Tom Waddell — Career Comparison

Ben Rivera
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Waddell
Baby BoomersScotlandThrows RightBats RightCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ben Rivera built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Waddell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ben Rivera led in home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 68), strikeout rate (K%+ 110 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 87). Tom Waddell held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 76). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ben Rivera.

Pitching Stats for Ben Rivera and Tom Waddell

Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.89
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
4.72
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.39
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.65
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.63
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.48
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.46
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.5
57.5
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.69
57.69
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.13
73.13
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.96
7.96
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.63
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
4.52
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
4.3
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
955
27
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
646
27
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318.1
9
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
215.1
9
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
8.88
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
7.48
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.9
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.38
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
4.3
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.47
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.5
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.19
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
4.93
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.19
6.19
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.165
1.165
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.59
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.31
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1405
39.72
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
893
37.32
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.34
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
4.75
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
4.43
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.45
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.46
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.54
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.68
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.464
1.464
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1218
34.44
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
783
32.73
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.72
39.72
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.32
37.32

Fielding Stats for Ben Rivera and Tom Waddell

Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.89
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
4.72
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.39
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
955
27
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
646
27
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318.1
9
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
215.1
9
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.34
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.75
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.1
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
1.47
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.76
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.44
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.76
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.08
98.08
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.13
73.13
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.96
7.96
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Rivera and Tom Waddell

Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
343.59
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
600
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
476.92
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.03
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.03
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.16
5.96
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.03
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
71.79
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.64
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.26
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
35.9
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.72
-8.8
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
30.77
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
40
205.13
Tom Waddell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
2.93
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
92.31
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Waddell
Career
Per 600 PA