Eric Surkamp vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Eric Surkamp
MillenialOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eric Surkamp 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. Gary Wayne posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.442 compared to 6.68 and 1.882 for Eric Surkamp. By the career numbers, Gary Wayne had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Surkamp and Gary Wayne

Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
4.89
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.75
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
6.68
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.93
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.28
7.28
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
11.48
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.54
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.48
11.48
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.79
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
4.89
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.75
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
5.55
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.073
1.073
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.13
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
43.65
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
39.36
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
7.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.51
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.65
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.47
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.75
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.819
1.819
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.366
1.366
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
36.69
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.65
43.65
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Eric Surkamp and Gary Wayne

Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
4.89
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.51
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
287
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.47
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.07
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.77
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.79
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.69
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.36
86.36
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.365
0.365
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Surkamp and Gary Wayne

Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
52
2836.36
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
490.91
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
12.01
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
5.03
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
5
272.73
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
2.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Surkamp
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Surkamp
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA