Tully Sparks vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Tully Sparks
Pre-GenerationalGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Tully Sparks posted a stronger line than Michael Wacha. Tully Sparks posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.82 vs 3.89) and WHIP (1.229 vs 1.286). By the career numbers, Tully Sparks 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 Tully Sparks and Michael Wacha

Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
1.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
1.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
0.46
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.9
46.9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.99
85.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.78
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.82
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7031
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2343.2
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2250
8.64
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.64
8.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
2.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
780
3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
0.602
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9583
36.8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1067
4.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8866
34.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.8
36.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Tully Sparks and Michael Wacha

Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
1.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
0.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7011
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2337
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
544
2.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.68
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
2.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.4
93.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.073
2.073
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.82
53.82
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tully Sparks and Michael Wacha

Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
314
212.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
887
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
801
541.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
62.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
48.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
10.82
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
13.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.88
14.8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
78.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
99.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
30.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
27.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
58.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
2.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
35.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
203
137.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.37
4.37
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
20.97
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Tully Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Tully Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100