Willie Spearman vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Willie Spearman
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows RightNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Willie Spearman and Michael Wacha are fairly close on the surface numbers. Michael Wacha posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.89 vs 5.07) and WHIP (1.286 vs 1.480). Willie Spearman had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.21 per nine innings vs 1.07). By the career numbers, Michael Wacha 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 Willie Spearman and Michael Wacha

Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
66.2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
5.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.99
7.99
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
9.81
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.81
9.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
3.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
4.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
914
21.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
6.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
739
17.52
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.67
21.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Willie Spearman and Michael Wacha

Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
1.59
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
632
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
210.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.86
64.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Spearman and Michael Wacha

Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
91
295.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
185
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
551.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
139.46
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
97.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.97
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.97
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
42.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.52
69.78
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
220.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
178.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
61.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
97.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
145.95
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.45
76.06
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
32.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92.5
92.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100