Head to head · Career pitching
John Lackey vs Jon Lester
In 2017 Jon Lester has been worth 2.5 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 | John Lackey | Jon Lester |
|---|---|---|
| G | 364 | 452 |
| GS | 363 | 451 |
| IP | 2,329.2 | 2,740.0 |
| W | 155 | 200 |
| L | 114 | 117 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,930 | 2,488 |
| BB | 656 | 892 |
| ERA | 3.81 | 3.66 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.28 |
| K/9 | 7.5 | 8.2 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 35.1 | 45.0 |
2017 season
| Statistic | John Lackey | Jon Lester |
|---|---|---|
| G | 31 | 32 |
| GS | 30 | 32 |
| IP | 170.2 | 180.2 |
| W | 12 | 13 |
| SO | 149 | 180 |
| ERA | 4.59 | 4.33 |
| FIP | 5.30 | 4.10 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.32 |
| K/9 | 7.9 | 9.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| FIP− | 122 | 94 |
| WAR | 0.4 | 2.9 |
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 | Jon Lester |
|---|---|---|
| G | 24 | 26 |
| GS | 20 | 22 |
| IP | 121.2 | 154.0 |
| W | 6 | 9 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 97 | 133 |
| BB | 41 | 40 |
| ERA | 3.62 | 2.51 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.02 |
| K/9 | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| BB/9 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
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.