Head to head · Career pitching
Jake Peavy vs Zack Wheeler
In 2014 Zack Wheeler has been worth 0.9 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 | Zack Wheeler |
|---|---|---|
| G | 312 | 311 |
| GS | 301 | 311 |
| IP | 1,918.1 | 1,890.1 |
| W | 119 | 127 |
| L | 102 | 80 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,788 | 2,013 |
| BB | 540 | 537 |
| ERA | 3.66 | 3.26 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.13 |
| K/9 | 8.4 | 9.6 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 34.3 | 41.3 |
2014 season
| Statistic | Jake Peavy | Zack Wheeler |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 32 |
| GS | 32 | 32 |
| IP | 202.2 | 185.1 |
| W | 7 | 11 |
| SO | 158 | 187 |
| ERA | 3.73 | 3.54 |
| FIP | 4.11 | 3.55 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.33 |
| K/9 | 7.0 | 9.1 |
| BB/9 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| FIP− | 110 | 95 |
| WAR | 1.5 | 2.4 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Jake Peavy | Zack Wheeler |
|---|---|---|
| G | 9 | 13 |
| GS | 9 | 11 |
| IP | 38.1 | 74.1 |
| W | 1 | 4 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 21 | 80 |
| BB | 17 | 17 |
| ERA | 7.98 | 2.30 |
| WHIP | 1.83 | 0.77 |
| K/9 | 4.9 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 4.0 | 2.1 |
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.