Zane Smith vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Zane Smith
Baby BoomersWisconsinThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Zane Smith 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 led in strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 99), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 102 vs 98). Zane Smith held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 176 vs 120). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Gary Wayne.

Pitching Stats for Zane Smith and Gary Wayne

Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.36
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.54
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.51
46.51
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.83
80.83
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.16
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
798
3.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5758
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1919.1
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1980
9.28
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.57
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
2.73
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.26
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011
4.74
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.831
0.831
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.13
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.15
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8077
37.87
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
4.37
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.51
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.52
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.2
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
1.23
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.83
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7311
34.28
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Zane Smith and Gary Wayne

Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.36
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5758
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1919.1
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.49
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.48
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
2.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.61
96.61
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.92
95.92
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.83
80.83
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.16
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zane Smith and Gary Wayne

Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
386
362.44
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
639
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
551
517.37
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
81.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
68.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
11.27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.88
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
13.15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.3
17.18
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
96.71
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
95.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
25.35
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
30.05
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
55.4
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.18
12.38
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.88
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
12.21
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
108
101.41
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.92
5.92
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
67.61
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.88
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.94
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA