Warren Spahn vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Warren Spahn
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

The numbers give Zack Wheeler a clear advantage over Warren Spahn across the core pitching metrics. Zack Wheeler led in home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 81), strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 82), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 117 vs 92). Warren Spahn held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 117 vs 100). Zack Wheeler was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Warren Spahn and Zack Wheeler

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750
1.29
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
665
1.14
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
0.62
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.59
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
0.42
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.7
59.7
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.67
88.67
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
0.66
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.11
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.05
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1798
3.09
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
630
3.28
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15731
27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5243.2
9
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4830
8.29
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
0.74
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1434
2.46
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
2.55
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2583
4.43
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.766
0.766
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.14
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.07
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21547
36.98
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.12
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2016
3.46
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
3.56
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.195
1.195
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20071
34.45
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.98
36.98
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Warren Spahn and Zack Wheeler

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.18
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9282
27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3094
9
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.65
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.61
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
999
2.91
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.17
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1279
3.72
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
3.55
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.628
1.628
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.021
1.021
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.93
52.93
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.24
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Warren Spahn and Zack Wheeler

Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
783
228.61
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2055
600
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
323
600
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1872
546.57
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
363
105.99
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
77.37
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
16.64
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
10.22
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.86
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.61
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
18.58
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134.33
39.22
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
537
156.79
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
56
104.02
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
135.47
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
41.17
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
55.18
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
18
33.44
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295
86.13
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123.31
36
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
2.04
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
27.45
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.29
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
487
142.19
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.22
4.22
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
19.85
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
4.09
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.86
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
23
6.72
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.17
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA