Jack Spring vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Jack Spring
Silent GenerationWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Spring as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Spring posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.26 and WHIP 1.565 compared to 4.41 and 1.361 for Tim Wakefield. By the career numbers, Jack Spring had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Spring and Tim Wakefield

Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
7.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.56
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.59
70.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
9.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.44
9.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
3.77
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.87
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
4.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
823
39.82
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
5.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
5
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
35.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.82
39.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Jack Spring and Tim Wakefield

Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
7.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
558
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.89
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Spring and Tim Wakefield

Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
155
2735.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
28
494.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
4
70.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-7.54
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
282.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
69.23
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Spring
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA