Mike Sullivan vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Mike Sullivan
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Sullivan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Wacha posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.89 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 5.04 and 1.674 for Mike Sullivan. By the career numbers, Michael Wacha had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Sullivan and Michael Wacha

Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.96
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.44
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.38
45.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.38
74.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.8
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
5.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3334
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1111.1
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1292
10.46
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.46
10.46
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
4.6
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
2.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5187
42.01
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
892
7.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.22
7.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.674
1.674
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4542
36.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.01
42.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Mike Sullivan and Michael Wacha

Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.3
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
1.71
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3342
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1114
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.39
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
1.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
2.21
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.71
86.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.702
1.702
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Sullivan and Michael Wacha

Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
160
187.87
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
310
641.38
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
511
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
290
600
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
576.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
112.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
96.28
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.57
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.44
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.8
31.46
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
137.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
131.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
54.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
56.36
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
108.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.58
31.21
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
15.26
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
108.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.55
5.55
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.52
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.07
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100