Kim Seaman vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Kim Seaman
Baby BoomersMississippiThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Kim Seaman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kim Seaman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.16 and WHIP 1.247 compared to 3.28 and 1.145 for Zack Wheeler. By the career numbers, Kim Seaman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kim Seaman and Zack Wheeler

Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
9.47
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.05
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.59
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.4
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.16
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
3.28
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.176
0.176
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.229
0.229
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.61
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1475
7.68
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.68
7.68
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.26
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
4.56
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.091
1.091
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
37.52
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.86
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.16
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
3.56
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.66
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.208
1.208
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6451
33.59
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.184
0.184
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.52
37.52
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Kim Seaman and Zack Wheeler

Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
9.47
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.05
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.56
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.5
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.66
96.66
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.148
0.148
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kim Seaman and Zack Wheeler

Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
16200
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
81.73
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
63.16
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.82
18.24
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.02
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
94.74
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
24.15
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
55.73
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.48
8.33
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.29
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
237.77
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Kim Seaman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kim Seaman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA