Colin Rea vs. Michael Wacha — Career Comparison

Colin Rea
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Wacha
MillenialIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Colin Rea and Michael Wacha are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 98 for Colin Rea and 99 for Michael Wacha, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 93 and 96 respectively. If forced to pick, Michael Wacha gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Colin Rea and Michael Wacha

Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.87
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.55
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.61
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.4
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.41
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.81
57.81
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.68
59.68
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.75
81.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
4.41
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
3.89
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1818
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
606
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
587
8.72
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1571
8.69
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
1.07
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
2.78
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.1
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
7.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1416
7.83
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.114
1.114
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.43
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2566
38.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6846
37.86
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
4.66
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
4.13
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.19
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.31
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.25
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.68
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.75
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.275
1.275
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2321
34.47
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6219
34.39
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.11
38.11
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Colin Rea and Michael Wacha

Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.87
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.71
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.53
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.59
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1818
27
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4882
27
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
606
9
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1627.1
9
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.92
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.66
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.95
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
0.94
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.98
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
1.64
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.87
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.6
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.75
81.75
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Colin Rea and Michael Wacha

Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
1422.22
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
310
641.38
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
54
600
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
600
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
45
500
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
519.31
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
47.59
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
55.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
43.45
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.14
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
15.49
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.82
5.84
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
77.78
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
51.72
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
100
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
55.56
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.1
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
33.1
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
66.21
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
7.69
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.53
-15.58
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.33
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.62
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
255.56
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
125
258.62
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.35
2.35
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.32
2.32
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Colin Rea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.21
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.07
Colin Rea
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Wacha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100