Elmer Steele vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Elmer Steele
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Elmer Steele posted a stronger line than Tim Wakefield. Elmer Steele posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.41 vs 4.41) and WHIP (1.041 vs 1.361). By the career numbers, Elmer Steele 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 Elmer Steele and Tim Wakefield

Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.33
57.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1254
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
7.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.9
7.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
3.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.514
0.514
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1596
34.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.041
1.041
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1520
32.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.36
34.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Elmer Steele and Tim Wakefield

Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.98
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
687
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
5.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
6.64
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
6.41
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.45
96.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.173
2.173
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Steele and Tim Wakefield

Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
75
294.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
556.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
70.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
62.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.84
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.03
15.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
78.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
101.96
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
50.98
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
27.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
78.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.01
3.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.62
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.53
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
184.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
3.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.76
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA