Tom Seaver vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Tom Seaver
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

The numbers give Zack Wheeler a clear advantage over Tom Seaver across the core pitching metrics. Zack Wheeler led in home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 85), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 117 vs 92), and run prevention (ERA+ 122 vs 106). Zack Wheeler was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Tom Seaver and Zack Wheeler

Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.22
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
0.59
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.59
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
0.39
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.27
60.27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.11
60.11
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.63
98.63
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.43
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.11
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1521
2.86
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
630
3.28
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.229
0.229
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14348
27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4782.2
9
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3971
7.47
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1475
7.68
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.68
7.68
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
0.72
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1390
2.62
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.22
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3640
6.85
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.052
1.052
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.24
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.14
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19369
36.45
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7086
36.9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1674
3.15
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
3.56
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.18
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
0.39
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.121
1.121
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.137
1.137
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17666
33.24
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6451
33.59
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Tom Seaver and Zack Wheeler

Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.22
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14349
27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4783
9
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
0.62
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.61
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
1.3
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.08
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1062
2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1020
1.92
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.555
1.555
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.021
1.021
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.63
98.63
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Seaver and Zack Wheeler

Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
677
261.73
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1552
600
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
323
600
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1315
508.38
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
78.09
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
81.73
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
60.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
63.16
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
10.82
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.93
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.64
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.86
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
17.4
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.91
25.48
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
276
106.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
56
104.02
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
121.39
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
38.27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
33.25
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
66.88
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.4
19.87
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.55
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
41.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.29
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PAverified
485
187.5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.2
3.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
46.78
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
1.55
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
22
8.51
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA