Rich Sauveur vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Rich Sauveur
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich Sauveur as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Zack Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 6.07 and 1.804 for Rich Sauveur. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rich Sauveur and Zack Wheeler

Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.65
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.07
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
11.35
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.35
11.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.96
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.86
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
5.48
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.4
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
41.67
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.17
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.07
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.57
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.66
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.783
1.783
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
35.41
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Rich Sauveur and Zack Wheeler

Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.65
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.15
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.66
96.66
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich Sauveur and Zack Wheeler

Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
5100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
45.83
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.02
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
24.15
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
55.73
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
65.17
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.29
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
50.15
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Rich Sauveur
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Sauveur
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA