Gabe Speier vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Gabe Speier
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Gabe Speier as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gabe Speier led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 198 vs 107), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 150 vs 96), and strikeout rate (K%+ 131 vs 94). Role difference aside, Gabe Speier holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Gabe Speier and Michael Wacha

Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
10.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
180.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
7.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.95
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
10.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.68
10.68
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
736
36.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
3.84
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.45
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.109
1.109
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
33.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.73
36.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Gabe Speier and Michael Wacha

Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
10.73
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
180.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.85
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.126
0.126
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gabe Speier and Michael Wacha

Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
215
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
600
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Gabe Speier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Gabe Speier
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100