Head to head · Career pitching
Roy Halladay vs John Lackey
In 2013 John Lackey has been worth 3.1 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.
- Two of the 25 most valuable pitching careers on this site, 2005–2026, by dbWAR.
Career
Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.
| Statistic | Roy Halladay | John Lackey |
|---|---|---|
| G | 251 | 364 |
| GS | 250 | 363 |
| IP | 1,774.2 | 2,329.2 |
| W | 136 | 155 |
| L | 66 | 114 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,415 | 1,930 |
| BB | 311 | 656 |
| ERA | 3.11 | 3.81 |
| WHIP | 1.11 | 1.27 |
| K/9 | 7.2 | 7.5 |
| BB/9 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 40.9 | 35.1 |
2013 season
| Statistic | Roy Halladay | John Lackey |
|---|---|---|
| G | 13 | 29 |
| GS | 13 | 29 |
| IP | 62.0 | 189.1 |
| W | 4 | 10 |
| SO | 51 | 161 |
| ERA | 6.82 | 3.52 |
| FIP | 6.14 | 3.86 |
| WHIP | 1.47 | 1.16 |
| K/9 | 7.4 | 7.7 |
| BB/9 | 5.2 | 1.9 |
| FIP− | 159 | 100 |
| WAR | -1.0 | 2.1 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Roy Halladay | John Lackey |
|---|---|---|
| G | 5 | 24 |
| GS | 5 | 20 |
| IP | 38.0 | 121.2 |
| W | 3 | 6 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 35 | 97 |
| BB | 5 | 41 |
| ERA | 2.37 | 3.62 |
| WHIP | 0.74 | 1.27 |
| K/9 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| BB/9 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
More head to heads
The same seasons, measured against somebody else.
FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.