Guy Smith vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Guy Smith
UnknownIndianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Guy Smith and Michael Wacha are fairly close on the surface numbers. Michael Wacha posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.89 vs 6.43) and WHIP (1.286 vs 1.786). Guy Smith had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.64 per nine innings vs 1.07). By the career numbers, Michael Wacha had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Guy Smith and Michael Wacha

Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
7.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
46.93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.786
1.786
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
38.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.93
46.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Guy Smith and Michael Wacha

Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Smith and Michael Wacha

Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
158.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
166.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100