Pete Smith vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Pete Smith
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Michael Wacha a clear advantage over Pete Smith across the core pitching metrics. Michael Wacha led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 87), run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 83), and home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 80). Michael Wacha was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Pete Smith and Michael Wacha

Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
2.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.83
39.83
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.56
70.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
4.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3077
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1043
9.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
3.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
5.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.018
1.018
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4423
38.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
557
4.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3920
34.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Pete Smith and Michael Wacha

Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
2.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3077
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1025.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.79
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
96.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.56
70.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
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
11
11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
234
416.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
496.74
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
58.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
48.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.56
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
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.68
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
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
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.45
13.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
15
26.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
15
26.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
30
53.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
3.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
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
83
147.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.06
4.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
67.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
29
60
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.78
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.56
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