Stephen Strasburg vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Stephen Strasburg
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherSilver SluggerAll-Star
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Stephen Strasburg built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Stephen Strasburg led in strikeout rate (K%+ 140 vs 97), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 127 vs 98), and run prevention (ERA+ 121 vs 107). Gary Wayne held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 120 vs 108). Role difference aside, Stephen Strasburg holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Stephen Strasburg and Gary Wayne

Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
1.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.69
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.38
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.57
64.57
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
3.24
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4410
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
7.45
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.54
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.91
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.79
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
2.41
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1723
10.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
5.91
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.55
10.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.073
1.073
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5962
36.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
3.56
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.51
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.24
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.17
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.65
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5449
33.36
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
944
34.03
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.5
36.5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Stephen Strasburg and Gary Wayne

Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
1.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4410
27
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
9
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.59
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.8
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
1.46
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.77
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.4
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.69
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.4
95.4
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Stephen Strasburg and Gary Wayne

Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
285.6
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
440
506.72
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
77.16
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.04
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.52
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.61
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.12
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.77
21.62
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
102.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
105.95
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
26.49
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
33.4
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
55.28
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.69
14.62
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
27.64
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
153
176.2
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
3.41
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
64.49
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.91
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA