Head to head · Career pitching
Zack Greinke vs Roy Halladay
In 2013 Zack Greinke has been worth 4.3 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 | Zack Greinke | Roy Halladay |
|---|---|---|
| G | 562 | 251 |
| GS | 517 | 250 |
| IP | 3,244.1 | 1,774.2 |
| W | 217 | 136 |
| L | 145 | 66 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 2,879 | 1,415 |
| BB | 736 | 311 |
| ERA | 3.47 | 3.11 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.11 |
| K/9 | 8.0 | 7.2 |
| BB/9 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| WAR | 64.7 | 40.9 |
2013 season
| Statistic | Zack Greinke | Roy Halladay |
|---|---|---|
| G | 28 | 13 |
| GS | 28 | 13 |
| IP | 177.2 | 62.0 |
| W | 15 | 4 |
| SO | 148 | 51 |
| ERA | 2.63 | 6.82 |
| FIP | 3.23 | 6.14 |
| WHIP | 1.11 | 1.47 |
| K/9 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
| FIP− | 84 | 159 |
| WAR | 3.3 | -1.0 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Zack Greinke | Roy Halladay |
|---|---|---|
| G | 22 | 5 |
| GS | 21 | 5 |
| IP | 113.0 | 38.0 |
| W | 4 | 3 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 100 | 35 |
| BB | 33 | 5 |
| ERA | 4.14 | 2.37 |
| WHIP | 1.20 | 0.74 |
| K/9 | 8.0 | 8.3 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 1.2 |
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.

