Jose Santiago vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Jose Santiago
Silent GenerationP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Jose Santiago a clear advantage over Michael Wacha across the core pitching metrics. Jose Santiago led in strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 94), run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 99), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 102 vs 96). Michael Wacha held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 99). Jose Santiago was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jose Santiago and Michael Wacha

Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
2.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.55
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.97
53.97
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.88
39.88
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.74
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
1668
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
8.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.38
8.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.91
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
3.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
404
6.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.54
6.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.086
1.086
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2354
38.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
4.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.291
1.291
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2143
34.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Jose Santiago and Michael Wacha

Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
2.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
1667
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
555.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.88
39.88
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Santiago and Michael Wacha

Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
172
570.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
181
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
537.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
92.82
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
69.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
23.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.02
26.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
122.65
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
119.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
53.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
7
23.2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
72.93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
21.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
26.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
152.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
10
33.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
6.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100