Duaner Sanchez vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Duaner Sanchez
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Duaner Sanchez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Duaner Sanchez led in home run suppression (HR9+ 134 vs 94), run prevention (ERA+ 124 vs 99), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 96). Michael Wacha held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 103). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Duaner Sanchez.

Pitching Stats for Duaner Sanchez and Michael Wacha

Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
8.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.41
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.33
63.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.68
59.68
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
4.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
896
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
298.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
8.8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
3.8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
6.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1300
39.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
4.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
33.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.17
39.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Duaner Sanchez and Michael Wacha

Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
8.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
896
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
298.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Duaner Sanchez and Michael Wacha

Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
14450
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
9
450
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
14.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.07
-3.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Duaner Sanchez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
50
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Duaner Sanchez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100