Bryn Smith vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Bryn Smith
Baby BoomersGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Bryn Smith a clear advantage over Michael Wacha across the core pitching metrics. Bryn Smith led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 107), run prevention (ERA+ 109 vs 99), and home run suppression (HR9+ 103 vs 94). Michael Wacha held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 91). Bryn Smith was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bryn Smith and Michael Wacha

Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
1.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
1.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.47
53.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.86
69.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
3.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5374
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1791.1
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1725
8.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
2.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1028
5.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.815
0.815
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7434
37.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
808
4.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
0.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6820
34.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Bryn Smith and Michael Wacha

Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
1.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
1.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5374
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1791.1
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
2.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
2.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.58
95.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.126
1.126
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.86
69.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryn Smith and Michael Wacha

Bryn Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
365
361.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
605
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
496
491.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
75.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
60.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
11.9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
14.88
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.18
21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
96.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
104.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
33.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
36.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
67.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.78
16.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
28.76
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
140
138.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.32
4.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
76.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
29
60
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Bryn Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.98
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Bryn Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100