Brent Strom vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Brent Strom
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Brent Strom a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Brent Strom led in home run suppression (HR9+ 100 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 90), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 110 vs 92). Brent Strom was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brent Strom and Tim Wakefield

Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.07
36.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1503
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
8.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
3.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
4.99
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.37
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2125
38.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
4.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.43
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1896
34.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.17
38.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Brent Strom and Tim Wakefield

Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1502
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
500.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.43
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.92
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.33
95.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brent Strom and Tim Wakefield

Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
102
478.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
128
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
102
478.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
8
37.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.69
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.69
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
1.61
7.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
11
51.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
15
70.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
42.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.84
-8.6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
117.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.12
5.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
84.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
15
69.23
Brent Strom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.69
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.69
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Strom
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA