Mario Soto vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Mario Soto
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

When held to the same standard, Mario Soto comes out ahead of Michael Wacha in this starter comparison. Mario Soto led in strikeout rate (K%+ 138 vs 94), run prevention (ERA+ 105 vs 99), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 96). Michael Wacha held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 72). The edge goes to Mario Soto.

Pitching Stats for Mario Soto and Michael Wacha

Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
1.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.08
52.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.42
75.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
667
3.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5191
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1730.1
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1395
7.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.26
7.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
3.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1449
7.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.54
7.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7147
37.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
3.81
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.36
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6336
32.96
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.17
37.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Mario Soto and Michael Wacha

Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
1.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5191
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1730.1
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
1.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.13
93.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.003
1.003
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.76
75.76
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mario Soto and Michael Wacha

Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
303
301.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
603
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
530
527.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
69.65
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
54.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
12.94
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
14.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.8
13.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
87.56
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
82.59
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
31.84
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
23.88
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
54.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
1.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.95
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PAverified
166
165.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
3.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
57.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mario Soto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mario Soto
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100