Head to head · Career pitching
Roy Halladay vs Adam Wainwright
In 2013 Adam Wainwright has been worth 7.5 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 | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 251 | 478 |
| GS | 250 | 411 |
| IP | 1,774.2 | 2,668.1 |
| W | 136 | 200 |
| L | 66 | 128 |
| SV | 0 | 3 |
| SO | 1,415 | 2,202 |
| BB | 311 | 736 |
| ERA | 3.11 | 3.53 |
| WHIP | 1.11 | 1.24 |
| K/9 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| BB/9 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| WAR | 40.9 | 49.9 |
2013 season
| Statistic | Roy Halladay | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 13 | 34 |
| GS | 13 | 34 |
| IP | 62.0 | 241.2 |
| W | 4 | 19 |
| SO | 51 | 219 |
| ERA | 6.82 | 2.94 |
| FIP | 6.14 | 2.55 |
| WHIP | 1.47 | 1.07 |
| K/9 | 7.4 | 8.2 |
| BB/9 | 5.2 | 1.3 |
| FIP− | 159 | 66 |
| WAR | -1.0 | 6.5 |
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 | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 5 | 29 |
| GS | 5 | 16 |
| IP | 38.0 | 114.1 |
| W | 3 | 4 |
| SV | 0 | 4 |
| SO | 35 | 123 |
| BB | 5 | 22 |
| ERA | 2.37 | 2.83 |
| WHIP | 0.74 | 1.11 |
| K/9 | 8.3 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
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.

