Bob Stanley vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Bob Stanley
Baby BoomersMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Stanley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Stanley led in home run suppression (HR9+ 165 vs 94), walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 107), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 96). Michael Wacha held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 58). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bob Stanley.

Pitching Stats for Bob Stanley and Michael Wacha

Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
637
3.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.61
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.51
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.25
54.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.34
13.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5121
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1707
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1858
9.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
2.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.46
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
693
3.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7238
38.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
1.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
797
4.2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.34
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
1.364
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6589
34.74
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.16
38.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Bob Stanley and Michael Wacha

Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
637
3.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.45
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5121
27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1707
9
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.64
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
1.88
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.65
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
2.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.23
95.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.752
0.752
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.34
13.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Stanley and Michael Wacha

Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
637
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
600
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Bob Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Bob Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100