Rollie Sheldon vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Rollie Sheldon a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Rollie Sheldon led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 92), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 84), and home run suppression (HR9+ 86 vs 78). Tim Wakefield held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 87 vs 82). Rollie Sheldon was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Rollie Sheldon and Tim Wakefield

Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.35
51.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.13
63.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
741
9.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
4.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
35.28
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Rollie Sheldon and Tim Wakefield

Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.48
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.13
63.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rollie Sheldon and Tim Wakefield

Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
161
404.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
209
524.69
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.03
-15.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
47.7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA