Dick Starr vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Dick Starr
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Michael Wacha posted a stronger line than Dick Starr. Michael Wacha posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.89 vs 5.25) and WHIP (1.286 vs 1.706). By the career numbers, Michael Wacha had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Dick Starr and Michael Wacha

Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.63
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.39
48.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
5.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1034
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
344.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
10.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
5.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
41.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.6
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
6.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.706
1.706
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1374
35.88
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.31
41.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Dick Starr and Michael Wacha

Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4882
27
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627.1
9
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.92
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Starr and Michael Wacha

Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
94
499.12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
113
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
97
515.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
22.65
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
100.88
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
132.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
69.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
17.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
53.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
191.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.21
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100