Rollie Sheldon vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Michael Wacha a clear advantage over Rollie Sheldon across the core pitching metrics. Michael Wacha led in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 82), home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 86), and run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 92). Rollie Sheldon held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 107). Michael Wacha was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Rollie Sheldon and Michael Wacha

Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.35
51.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.13
63.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
4.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
741
9.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
4.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3062
38.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
358
4.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
35.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.03
38.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Rollie Sheldon and Michael Wacha

Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.6
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.13
63.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rollie Sheldon and Michael Wacha

Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
161
404.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
239
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
209
524.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
77.82
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
7
17.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-6.03
-15.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
258.62
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
19
47.7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100