Mariano Rivera vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Mariano Rivera as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mariano Rivera led in home run suppression (HR9+ 195 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 177 vs 90), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 165 vs 92). Role difference aside, Mariano Rivera holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mariano Rivera and Tim Wakefield

Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.56
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Mariano Rivera and Tim Wakefield

Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.4
98.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mariano Rivera and Tim Wakefield

Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
19
19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
19
19
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
1.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA