Ben Sheets vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Ben Sheets
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Ben Sheets a clear advantage over Michael Wacha across the core pitching metrics. Ben Sheets led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 126 vs 107), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 96), and strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 94). Ben Sheets was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ben Sheets and Michael Wacha

Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.47
49.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
3.78
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1577
8.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1325
7.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
6640
37.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
736
4.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6138
34.6
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Ben Sheets and Michael Wacha

Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
1.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
4790
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
1596.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
0.9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
1.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.81
94.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Sheets and Michael Wacha

Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
250
292.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
513
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
449
525.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
39.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
36.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.07
4.76
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
43.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
12
14.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
12
14.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
24
28.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
-16.81
-19.66
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
22.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PAverified
212
247.95
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
52.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ben Sheets
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Ben Sheets
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100