Head to head · Career pitching
John Lackey vs Cliff Lee
In 2014 John Lackey has been worth 0.6 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 | Cliff Lee |
|---|---|---|
| G | 364 | 284 |
| GS | 363 | 280 |
| IP | 2,329.2 | 1,915.0 |
| W | 155 | 126 |
| L | 114 | 79 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,930 | 1,613 |
| BB | 656 | 355 |
| ERA | 3.81 | 3.35 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.17 |
| K/9 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 35.1 | 41.7 |
2014 season
| Statistic | John Lackey | Cliff Lee |
|---|---|---|
| G | 31 | 13 |
| GS | 31 | 13 |
| IP | 198.0 | 81.1 |
| W | 14 | 4 |
| SO | 164 | 72 |
| ERA | 3.82 | 3.65 |
| FIP | 3.78 | 2.96 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.38 |
| K/9 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
| FIP− | 101 | 79 |
| WAR | 2.3 | 1.7 |
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 | Cliff Lee |
|---|---|---|
| G | 24 | 11 |
| GS | 20 | 11 |
| IP | 121.2 | 82.0 |
| W | 6 | 7 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 97 | 89 |
| BB | 41 | 10 |
| ERA | 3.62 | 2.52 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 0.93 |
| K/9 | 7.2 | 9.8 |
| BB/9 | 3.0 | 1.1 |
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.