Joe Slusarski vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Joe Slusarski
Gen XIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Slusarski 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. Gary Wayne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 5.18 and 1.557 for Joe Slusarski. By the career numbers, Gary Wayne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Slusarski and Gary Wayne

Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
3.47
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.62
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.24
38.24
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.81
28.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
5.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.93
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
917
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305.2
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
10.07
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.79
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.68
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
5.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.975
0.975
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.44
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1358
39.98
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
39.36
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.85
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
5.56
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.82
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
35.3
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.98
39.98
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Joe Slusarski and Gary Wayne

Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
3.47
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
917
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305.2
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.77
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.35
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.77
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.69
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.92
95.92
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.381
0.381
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.81
28.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Slusarski and Gary Wayne

Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
118
7866.67
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
2
133.33
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.27
-18.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
5
333.33
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Slusarski
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA