Ken Schrom vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Ken Schrom
Baby BoomersIdahoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Michael Wacha a clear advantage over Ken Schrom across the core pitching metrics. Michael Wacha led in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 70), run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 87). Ken Schrom held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 110 vs 107). Michael Wacha was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ken Schrom and Michael Wacha

Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.76
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.37
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.51
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.84
77.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
4.81
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2700
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
900
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963
9.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
1.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
3.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
3.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.769
0.769
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3907
39.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
5.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3484
34.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.07
39.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Ken Schrom and Michael Wacha

Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
1.76
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.37
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2700
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
900
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
1.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.04
93.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.835
0.835
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.84
77.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Schrom and Michael Wacha

Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
178
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
600
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ken Schrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ken Schrom
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100