Tim Wakefield vs. Dave Wickersham — Career Comparison

Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dave Wickersham
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Dave Wickersham a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Dave Wickersham led in home run suppression (HR9+ 111 vs 78), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 84), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 102 vs 92). Dave Wickersham was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Tim Wakefield and Dave Wickersham

Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.99
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.4
54.4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.82
43.82
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.14
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
3.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3369
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1123
9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1071
8.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.58
8.58
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
3.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
638
5.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4761
38.16
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
4.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4321
34.63
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Tim Wakefield and Dave Wickersham

Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
2.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.99
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3370
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1123.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.64
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.6
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
2.24
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.989
0.989
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.82
43.82
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Wakefield and Dave Wickersham

Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
283
469.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
324
537.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
60
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
46.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
41.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.97
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.97
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
4.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
51.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
78.46
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
61.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
16.57
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
31.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.25
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
-12.72
-21.08
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.92
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
179.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.35
3.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
46.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.94
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wickersham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.66
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Wickersham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0