Ray Sadecki vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Ray Sadecki
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Michael Wacha a clear advantage over Ray Sadecki across the core pitching metrics. Michael Wacha led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 82), home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 70), and run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 80). Michael Wacha was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ray Sadecki and Michael Wacha

Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
2.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
0.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.75
50.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.26
58.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
3.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7502
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2500.2
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
2456
8.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
0.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
922
3.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1614
5.81
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.014
1.014
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10694
38.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
1206
4.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.351
1.351
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9662
34.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Ray Sadecki and Michael Wacha

Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
2.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7502
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2500.2
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
426
1.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
1.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.79
87.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.664
0.664
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.26
58.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Sadecki and Michael Wacha

Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
587
403.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
872
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
542.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
103.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
83.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
14.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
20.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.8
29.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
134.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
123.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
40.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
38.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
75.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.82
28.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
18.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
110.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.42
5.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
37.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.82
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ray Sadecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ray Sadecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100