Jim Scott vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Jim Scott
Lost GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Scott built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Scott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.3 and WHIP 1.180 compared to 3.93 and 1.442 for Gary Wayne. By the career numbers, Jim Scott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Scott and Gary Wayne

Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
1.08
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.54
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.64
48.64
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.29
71.29
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.59
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
2.3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5676
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1892
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1624
7.73
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.54
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.73
7.73
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
2.9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
945
4.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.821
0.821
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.16
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7470
35.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
686
3.26
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.51
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6808
32.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
34.03
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.53
35.53
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Jim Scott and Gary Wayne

Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
5.94
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.98
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1440
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.01
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
10.71
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.48
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.75
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
12.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
11.72
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.98
93.98
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.972
1.972
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.4
16.4
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.34
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Scott and Gary Wayne

Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
317
280.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
679
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
614
542.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
69.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
58.32
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.72
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.88
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.88
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
11.49
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.26
16.14
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
83.95
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
101.62
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
26.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
30.04
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
55.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.91
5.22
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
30.04
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
182
160.82
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.73
3.73
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
25.63
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.65
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.42
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA