Head to head · Career pitching
Jake Peavy vs Adam Wainwright
In 2016 Adam Wainwright has been worth 1.8 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 | Jake Peavy | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 312 | 478 |
| GS | 301 | 411 |
| IP | 1,918.1 | 2,668.1 |
| W | 119 | 200 |
| L | 102 | 128 |
| SV | 0 | 3 |
| SO | 1,788 | 2,202 |
| BB | 540 | 736 |
| ERA | 3.66 | 3.53 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.24 |
| K/9 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| WAR | 34.3 | 49.9 |
2016 season
| Statistic | Jake Peavy | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 31 | 33 |
| GS | 21 | 33 |
| IP | 118.2 | 198.2 |
| W | 5 | 13 |
| SO | 102 | 161 |
| ERA | 5.54 | 4.62 |
| FIP | 4.36 | 3.93 |
| WHIP | 1.43 | 1.40 |
| K/9 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
| BB/9 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| FIP− | 104 | 94 |
| WAR | 1.0 | 2.8 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Jake Peavy | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 9 | 29 |
| GS | 9 | 16 |
| IP | 38.1 | 114.1 |
| W | 1 | 4 |
| SV | 0 | 4 |
| SO | 21 | 123 |
| BB | 17 | 22 |
| ERA | 7.98 | 2.83 |
| WHIP | 1.83 | 1.11 |
| K/9 | 4.9 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 4.0 | 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.