Stan Spencer vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Stan Spencer
Gen XWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Stan Spencer built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Gary Wayne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 5.54 and 1.390 for Stan Spencer. By the career numbers, Gary Wayne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Stan Spencer and Gary Wayne

Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.59
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.54
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.93
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
118.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
9.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.79
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.58
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
8.12
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
5.91
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.073
1.073
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.3
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
515
39.06
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
6.22
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.374
1.374
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
35.65
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Stan Spencer and Gary Wayne

Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.74
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.59
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
118.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.68
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.21
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.77
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.21
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.69
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.92
95.92
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.696
0.696
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stan Spencer and Gary Wayne

Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
24
378.95
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
489.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.513
0.513
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.18
18.61
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
110.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.64
10.07
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
13
205.26
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Stan Spencer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stan Spencer
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA