Brian Sanches vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Brian Sanches
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Sanches as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Sanches led in run prevention (ERA+ 143 vs 90), home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 78), and strikeout rate (K%+ 101 vs 87). Tim Wakefield held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 92 vs 86). Role difference aside, Brian Sanches holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Sanches and Tim Wakefield

Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
7.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
3.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
1.17
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
4.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.77
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
7.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1026
39.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.65
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.409
1.409
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
881
33.74
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.29
39.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Brian Sanches and Tim Wakefield

Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
7.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.42
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.92
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.144
0.144
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Sanches and Tim Wakefield

Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PAverified
195
9750
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.51
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.77
-38.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Brian Sanches
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sanches
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA