Head to head · Career pitching
Roy Halladay vs Cole Hamels
In 2013 Cole Hamels has been worth 5.3 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 | Cole Hamels |
|---|---|---|
| G | 251 | 423 |
| GS | 250 | 422 |
| IP | 1,774.2 | 2,698.0 |
| W | 136 | 163 |
| L | 66 | 122 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,415 | 2,560 |
| BB | 311 | 767 |
| ERA | 3.11 | 3.43 |
| WHIP | 1.11 | 1.18 |
| K/9 | 7.2 | 8.5 |
| BB/9 | 1.6 | 2.6 |
| HR/9 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 40.9 | 47.3 |
2013 season
| Statistic | Roy Halladay | Cole Hamels |
|---|---|---|
| G | 13 | 33 |
| GS | 13 | 33 |
| IP | 62.0 | 220.0 |
| W | 4 | 8 |
| SO | 51 | 202 |
| ERA | 6.82 | 3.60 |
| FIP | 6.14 | 3.26 |
| WHIP | 1.47 | 1.16 |
| K/9 | 7.4 | 8.3 |
| BB/9 | 5.2 | 2.0 |
| FIP− | 159 | 84 |
| WAR | -1.0 | 4.3 |
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 | Cole Hamels |
|---|---|---|
| G | 5 | 17 |
| GS | 5 | 16 |
| IP | 38.0 | 100.1 |
| W | 3 | 7 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 35 | 93 |
| BB | 5 | 27 |
| ERA | 2.37 | 3.41 |
| WHIP | 0.74 | 1.10 |
| K/9 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
| BB/9 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
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.

