Karl Schnell vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Karl Schnell
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Karl Schnell 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 4.29 and 2.048 for Karl Schnell. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Karl Schnell and Zack Wheeler

Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.71
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.29
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
9.86
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
8.57
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.14
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.191
1.191
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
42.43
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.048
2.048
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
33.86
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Karl Schnell and Zack Wheeler

Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5185
27
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1728.1
9
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.89
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.56
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.5
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Karl Schnell and Zack Wheeler

Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
1650
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.02
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
41.68
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.29
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
237.77
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Karl Schnell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Schnell
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA