Bret Saberhagen vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Bret Saberhagen
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Bret Saberhagen a clear advantage over Michael Wacha across the core pitching metrics. Bret Saberhagen led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 165 vs 107), home run suppression (HR9+ 112 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 96). Bret Saberhagen was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bret Saberhagen and Michael Wacha

Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
1.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
1.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
0.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.41
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.8
58.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
3.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7688
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562.2
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2452
8.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.61
8.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
0.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
1.65
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715
6.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.853
0.853
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10421
36.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1036
3.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
0.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9734
34.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.6
36.6
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Bret Saberhagen and Michael Wacha

Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
1.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
1.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7688
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2562.2
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
1.46
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
2.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
2.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.26
96.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.98
92.98
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bret Saberhagen and Michael Wacha

Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
403
1065.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
227
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
190
502.2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
60.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
50.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.96
13.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
71.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
14
37
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
3.94
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
129.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.63
4.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
63.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Bret Saberhagen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Bret Saberhagen
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100