Head to head · Career pitching
John Lackey vs Jake Peavy
In 2016 John Lackey has been worth 1.9 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 | John Lackey | Jake Peavy |
|---|---|---|
| G | 364 | 312 |
| GS | 363 | 301 |
| IP | 2,329.2 | 1,918.1 |
| W | 155 | 119 |
| L | 114 | 102 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,930 | 1,788 |
| BB | 656 | 540 |
| ERA | 3.81 | 3.66 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.17 |
| K/9 | 7.5 | 8.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 35.1 | 34.3 |
2016 season
| Statistic | John Lackey | Jake Peavy |
|---|---|---|
| G | 29 | 31 |
| GS | 29 | 21 |
| IP | 188.1 | 118.2 |
| W | 11 | 5 |
| SO | 180 | 102 |
| ERA | 3.35 | 5.54 |
| FIP | 3.81 | 4.36 |
| WHIP | 1.06 | 1.43 |
| K/9 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| FIP− | 91 | 104 |
| WAR | 2.9 | 1.0 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | John Lackey | Jake Peavy |
|---|---|---|
| G | 24 | 9 |
| GS | 20 | 9 |
| IP | 121.2 | 38.1 |
| W | 6 | 1 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 97 | 21 |
| BB | 41 | 17 |
| ERA | 3.62 | 7.98 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.83 |
| K/9 | 7.2 | 4.9 |
| BB/9 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
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.