Head to head · Career pitching
Jake Peavy vs Justin Verlander
In 2016 Justin Verlander has been worth 3.6 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 | Jake Peavy | Justin Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| G | 312 | 557 |
| GS | 301 | 557 |
| IP | 1,918.1 | 3,576.2 |
| W | 119 | 266 |
| L | 102 | 159 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,788 | 3,560 |
| BB | 540 | 1,007 |
| ERA | 3.66 | 3.33 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.14 |
| K/9 | 8.4 | 9.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 34.3 | 72.9 |
2016 season
| Statistic | Jake Peavy | Justin Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| G | 31 | 34 |
| GS | 21 | 34 |
| IP | 118.2 | 227.2 |
| W | 5 | 16 |
| SO | 102 | 254 |
| ERA | 5.54 | 3.04 |
| FIP | 4.36 | 3.48 |
| WHIP | 1.43 | 1.00 |
| K/9 | 7.7 | 10.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| FIP− | 104 | 83 |
| WAR | 1.0 | 4.6 |
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 | Justin Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| G | 9 | 38 |
| GS | 9 | 37 |
| IP | 38.1 | 226.0 |
| W | 1 | 17 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 21 | 244 |
| BB | 17 | 74 |
| ERA | 7.98 | 3.58 |
| WHIP | 1.83 | 1.12 |
| K/9 | 4.9 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
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.