Sam Selman vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Sam Selman
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Selman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Zack Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 4.81 and 1.205 for Sam Selman. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Selman and Zack Wheeler

Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
9.25
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.25
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.81
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.208
0.208
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.229
0.229
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
6.78
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1475
7.68
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.68
7.68
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.36
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.86
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
3.95
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
8.63
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.23
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.4
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
38.34
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.33
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.93
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.19
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.192
1.192
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
32.55
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6451
33.59
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.34
38.34
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Sam Selman and Zack Wheeler

Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
9.25
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.74
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
0.61
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.86
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.89
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.66
96.66
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.173
0.173
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Selman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Selman and Zack Wheeler

Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
45000
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
81.73
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
63.16
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.82
18.24
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.02
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
94.74
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
24.15
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
55.73
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.48
8.33
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.29
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
237.77
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Sam Selman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Selman
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA