Carlos Villanueva vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Carlos Villanueva
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Wacha built a career as a starting pitcher and Carlos Villanueva as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Wacha led in home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 69), run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 89). Carlos Villanueva held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 107). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Michael Wacha.

Pitching Stats for Carlos Villanueva and Michael Wacha

Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.11
48.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.97
15.97
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
4.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
2996
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
998.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
967
8.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.71
8.71
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.25
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
2.91
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
2.78
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
862
7.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.77
7.77
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.187
1.187
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.24
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4234
38.16
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.99
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
4.42
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.22
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.25
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.292
1.292
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3819
34.42
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.16
38.16
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Carlos Villanueva and Michael Wacha

Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.29
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
2996
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
998.2
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.66
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.94
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.4
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.64
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
1.38
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.6
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.71
98.71
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.64
97.64
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.935
0.935
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.97
15.97
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carlos Villanueva and Michael Wacha

Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
476
2011.27
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
142
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
120
507.04
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
11
46.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.59
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
46.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.14
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
1.06
4.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.82
5.84
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
11
46.48
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
51.72
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
14
59.15
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
10
42.25
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
66.21
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-3.91
-16.51
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.53
-15.58
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.62
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
257.75
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
2.33
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
80.28
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Carlos Villanueva
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.23
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Carlos Villanueva
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100