Brian Sweeney vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Brian Sweeney
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Sweeney as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Sweeney led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 187 vs 107), run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 99), and home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 94). Michael Wacha held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 94 vs 51). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Brian Sweeney.

Pitching Stats for Brian Sweeney and Michael Wacha

Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
5.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.41
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.68
59.68
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
351
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
8.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
4.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.23
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
37.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6846
37.86
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
34.23
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.15
37.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Brian Sweeney and Michael Wacha

Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
5.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
351
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.62
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.46
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.08
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Sweeney and Michael Wacha

Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
7300
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-50.08
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
258.62
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Brian Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Brian Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100