Head to head · Career pitching
Zack Greinke vs CC Sabathia
In 2019 Zack Greinke has been worth 5.7 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 | CC Sabathia |
|---|---|---|
| G | 562 | 435 |
| GS | 517 | 434 |
| IP | 3,244.1 | 2,801.1 |
| W | 217 | 197 |
| L | 145 | 126 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 2,879 | 2,493 |
| BB | 736 | 778 |
| ERA | 3.47 | 3.63 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.24 |
| K/9 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 64.7 | 49.0 |
2019 season
| Statistic | Zack Greinke | CC Sabathia |
|---|---|---|
| G | 33 | 23 |
| GS | 33 | 22 |
| IP | 208.2 | 107.1 |
| W | 18 | 5 |
| SO | 187 | 107 |
| ERA | 2.93 | 4.95 |
| FIP | 3.22 | 5.66 |
| WHIP | 0.98 | 1.41 |
| K/9 | 8.1 | 9.0 |
| BB/9 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| FIP− | 71 | 126 |
| WAR | 5.5 | -0.2 |
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 | CC Sabathia |
|---|---|---|
| G | 22 | 25 |
| GS | 21 | 22 |
| IP | 113.0 | 124.1 |
| W | 4 | 9 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 100 | 116 |
| BB | 33 | 58 |
| ERA | 4.14 | 4.34 |
| WHIP | 1.20 | 1.52 |
| K/9 | 8.0 | 8.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 4.2 |
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.