Mike Stanton vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Mike Stanton
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
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 walk avoidance (BB%+ 122 vs 107), strikeout rate (K%+ 95 vs 94), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 96). Michael Wacha held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 88). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Mike Stanton.

Pitching Stats for Mike Stanton and Michael Wacha

Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1178
9.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.55
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.91
51.91
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
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
84
0.68
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
485
3.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3342
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1086
8.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.77
8.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
420
3.39
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.61
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
895
7.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4762
38.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.93
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
4.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4220
34.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.47
38.47
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Mike Stanton and Michael Wacha

Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1178
9.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3342
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.84
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
92.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
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
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1178
27184.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
553.85
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
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 PAverified
1
23.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
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
2.81
64.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
207.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
207.69
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.735
0.735
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
78.62
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 PAverified
1
23.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
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
3
69.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Mike Stanton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Mike Stanton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
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 PA
1
23.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
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