Pete Smith vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Pete Smith
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Michael Wacha posted a stronger line than Pete Smith. Michael Wacha posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.89 vs 6.75) and WHIP (1.286 vs 1.500). 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 Pete Smith and Michael Wacha

Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
8.68
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
2.41
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.86
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
38.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.96
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.393
1.393
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
34.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Pete Smith and Michael Wacha

Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Smith and Michael Wacha

Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
1400
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100