Tim Wakefield vs. Matt Whiteside — Career Comparison

Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Matt Whiteside
Gen XMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tim Wakefield built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Whiteside as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Whiteside led in home run suppression (HR9+ 128 vs 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 84). Role difference aside, Matt Whiteside holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tim Wakefield and Matt Whiteside

Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
6.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
4.41
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
5.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
1218
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
10.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.09
10.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
3.36
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.48
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
5.74
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1792
39.72
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
5
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
5.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.507
1.507
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1596
35.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.72
39.72

Fielding Stats for Tim Wakefield and Matt Whiteside

Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
6.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
1218
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.21
91.21
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Wakefield and Matt Whiteside

Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
630
2907.69
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PAverified
286
85800
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
216.92
Matt Whiteside
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.77
2.77
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Whiteside
Career
Per 600 PA