Frank Tanana vs. Wally Whitehurst — Career Comparison

Frank Tanana
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Wally Whitehurst
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Wally Whitehurst a clear advantage over Frank Tanana across the core pitching metrics. Wally Whitehurst led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 148 vs 101), home run suppression (HR9+ 92 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 87). Wally Whitehurst was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Frank Tanana and Wally Whitehurst

Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
1.37
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
3.01
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.32
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.22
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
0.52
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.37
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.51
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.68
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.42
50.42
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.09
35.09
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.49
40.49
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.31
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.07
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1704
3.66
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
4.02
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1463
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
487.2
9
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4063
8.73
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
9.69
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
448
0.96
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.79
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1255
2.7
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
2.4
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.25
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.35
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2773
5.96
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
313
5.78
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.908
0.908
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.26
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.28
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.28
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.06
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17641
37.91
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
38.29
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.63
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1910
4.1
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.36
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.35
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.25
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.28
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
0.66
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.83
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.343
1.343
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15975
34.33
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1894
34.95
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.91
37.91
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.29
38.29

Fielding Stats for Frank Tanana and Wally Whitehurst

Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
1.37
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
3.01
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
1.32
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.22
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12565
27
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
1463
27
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4188.1
9
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
487.2
9
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
0.49
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.55
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
1.37
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.48
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.04
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
883
1.9
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.14
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
1.86
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.03
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.85
97.85
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.83
94.83
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.49
40.49
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.09
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Tanana and Wally Whitehurst

Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
639
5990.63
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
163
740.91
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
64
600
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
600
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
553.13
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
486.36
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
84.38
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
72.73
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
63.64
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.09
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.09
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
19.34
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.37
15.31
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
81.82
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
11
103.13
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
104.55
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
22.73
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.64
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
75
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
8
36.36
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
11.29
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.48
11.27
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.75
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.82
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
31
140.91
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.33
5.33
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
4.26
4.26
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.13
Wally Whitehurst
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
81.82
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Frank Tanana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Whitehurst
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0