Dick Selma vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Dick Selma
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Selma as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Selma led in strikeout rate (K%+ 112 vs 87), home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 84). Tim Wakefield held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 92 vs 83). Role difference aside, Dick Selma holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dick Selma and Tim Wakefield

Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
3.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.76
24.76
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
338
3.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2520
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
840
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
7.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.86
7.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
4.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
7.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
6.01
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.042
1.042
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3558
38.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
4.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3116
33.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Dick Selma and Tim Wakefield

Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2526
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
842
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.76
96.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.52
24.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Selma and Tim Wakefield

Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
324
860.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
538.94
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
92.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.34
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.1
21.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
116.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.98
15.88
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
13.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
201.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
2.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
42.48
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA