Rudy Seanez vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Rudy Seanez
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Seanez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy Seanez led in home run suppression (HR9+ 142 vs 94), run prevention (ERA+ 120 vs 99), and strikeout rate (K%+ 112 vs 94). Michael Wacha held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 89). Role difference aside, Rudy Seanez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Seanez and Michael Wacha

Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
8.65
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.61
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.75
57.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
4.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1698
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
566
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
8.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.19
8.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
4.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
9.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.518
1.518
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.76
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2477
39.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
2.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
4.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.413
1.413
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2136
33.96
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.39
39.39
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Rudy Seanez and Michael Wacha

Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
8.65
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1698
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
566
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.37
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.56
95.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.158
0.158
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Seanez and Michael Wacha

Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
544
54400
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.24
-24.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
500
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
258.62
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.2
1.2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rudy Seanez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rudy Seanez
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100