Jonny Venters vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Jonny Venters
MillenialKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Jonny Venters as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jonny Venters led in home run suppression (HR9+ 436 vs 94), run prevention (ERA+ 173 vs 99), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 127 vs 96). Michael Wacha held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 84). Role difference aside, Jonny Venters holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jonny Venters and Michael Wacha

Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
9.66
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.66
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.61
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.68
59.68
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
2.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.89
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
816
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
7.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1571
8.69
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.05
7.05
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
1.07
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
4.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.53
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
9.83
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1416
7.83
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.83
9.83
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.592
1.592
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1163
38.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
3.41
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
4.13
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.46
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.75
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.283
1.283
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
989
32.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6219
34.39
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.48
38.48
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Jonny Venters and Michael Wacha

Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
9.66
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
816
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.2
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.12
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.92
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.199
0.199
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jonny Venters and Michael Wacha

Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
292
175200
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
251
519.31
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.45
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
258.62
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
2.32
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jonny Venters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Jonny Venters
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100