Spec Shea vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Spec Shea
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Spec Shea built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Spec Shea posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.426 compared to 3.93 and 1.442 for Gary Wayne. By the career numbers, Spec Shea had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Spec Shea and Gary Wayne

Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
1.86
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.44
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.51
60.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.46
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.8
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2831
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943.2
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
849
8.1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.54
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.63
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
497
4.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.75
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
3.44
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
38.87
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.48
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
4.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.51
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3560
33.95
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
34.03
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.87
38.87
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Spec Shea and Gary Wayne

Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
13.75
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
8.33
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
8.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.48
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
12.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
12.27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.92
95.92
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Spec Shea and Gary Wayne

Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
195
347.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
530.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.546
0.546
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
103.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
80.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.24
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.43
32.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
137.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
138.87
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.63
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
58.75
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
108.61
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.45
32.86
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
63
112.17
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.35
5.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.46
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA