Head to head · Career pitching
Zack Greinke vs Jake Peavy
In 2016 Zack Greinke has been worth 1.3 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 | Jake Peavy |
|---|---|---|
| G | 562 | 312 |
| GS | 517 | 301 |
| IP | 3,244.1 | 1,918.1 |
| W | 217 | 119 |
| L | 145 | 102 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 2,879 | 1,788 |
| BB | 736 | 540 |
| ERA | 3.47 | 3.66 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.17 |
| K/9 | 8.0 | 8.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 64.7 | 34.3 |
2016 season
| Statistic | Zack Greinke | Jake Peavy |
|---|---|---|
| G | 26 | 31 |
| GS | 26 | 21 |
| IP | 158.2 | 118.2 |
| W | 13 | 5 |
| SO | 134 | 102 |
| ERA | 4.37 | 5.54 |
| FIP | 4.12 | 4.36 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.43 |
| K/9 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| FIP− | 98 | 104 |
| WAR | 2.3 | 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 | Jake Peavy |
|---|---|---|
| G | 22 | 9 |
| GS | 21 | 9 |
| IP | 113.0 | 38.1 |
| W | 4 | 1 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 100 | 21 |
| BB | 33 | 17 |
| ERA | 4.14 | 7.98 |
| WHIP | 1.20 | 1.83 |
| K/9 | 8.0 | 4.9 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 4.0 |
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.