Head to head · Career pitching
John Lackey vs Adam Wainwright
In 2017 Adam Wainwright has been worth 1.0 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 | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 364 | 478 |
| GS | 363 | 411 |
| IP | 2,329.2 | 2,668.1 |
| W | 155 | 200 |
| L | 114 | 128 |
| SV | 0 | 3 |
| SO | 1,930 | 2,202 |
| BB | 656 | 736 |
| ERA | 3.81 | 3.53 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.24 |
| K/9 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| WAR | 35.1 | 49.9 |
2017 season
| Statistic | John Lackey | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 31 | 24 |
| GS | 30 | 23 |
| IP | 170.2 | 123.1 |
| W | 12 | 12 |
| SO | 149 | 96 |
| ERA | 4.59 | 5.11 |
| FIP | 5.30 | 4.29 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.50 |
| K/9 | 7.9 | 7.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| FIP− | 122 | 98 |
| WAR | 0.4 | 1.4 |
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 | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 24 | 29 |
| GS | 20 | 16 |
| IP | 121.2 | 114.1 |
| W | 6 | 4 |
| SV | 0 | 4 |
| SO | 97 | 123 |
| BB | 41 | 22 |
| ERA | 3.62 | 2.83 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.11 |
| K/9 | 7.2 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 3.0 | 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.