Jim Strickland vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Jim Strickland
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Strickland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Strickland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.68 and WHIP 1.435 compared to 3.28 and 1.145 for Zack Wheeler. By the career numbers, Jim Strickland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Strickland and Zack Wheeler

Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
6.98
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.11
60.11
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.58
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.68
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
3.28
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.229
0.229
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.1
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
7.33
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1475
7.68
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.33
7.33
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.68
7.68
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.05
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.86
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.12
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
6.98
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.81
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.35
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
39.22
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.03
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.54
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.19
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.384
1.384
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
32.94
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6451
33.59
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Jim Strickland and Zack Wheeler

Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.01
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.82
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
0.61
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.57
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.22
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.36
86.36
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Strickland and Zack Wheeler

Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
6000
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.49
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.02
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
24.15
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.44
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
96.39
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.29
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA