Mike Stanton vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Mike Stanton
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats SwitchNorth 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 Mike Stanton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Stanton led in home run suppression (HR9+ 125 vs 94), strikeout rate (K%+ 122 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 96). Michael Wacha held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 86). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Mike Stanton.

Pitching Stats for Mike Stanton and Michael Wacha

Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
6.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.73
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
4.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1153
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
384.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
9.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
4.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
7.12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.12
7.12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1691
39.6
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
3.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
5.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.94
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.509
1.509
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1464
34.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.6
39.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Mike Stanton and Michael Wacha

Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
6.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1153
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
384.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.66
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.97
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.87
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Stanton and Michael Wacha

Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
277
41550
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100