Head to head · Career pitching
Zack Greinke vs Cole Hamels
In 2020 Zack Greinke has been worth 2.0 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 | Cole Hamels |
|---|---|---|
| G | 562 | 423 |
| GS | 517 | 422 |
| IP | 3,244.1 | 2,698.0 |
| W | 217 | 163 |
| L | 145 | 122 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 2,879 | 2,560 |
| BB | 736 | 767 |
| ERA | 3.47 | 3.43 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.18 |
| K/9 | 8.0 | 8.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 64.7 | 47.3 |
2020 season
| Statistic | Zack Greinke | Cole Hamels |
|---|---|---|
| G | 12 | 1 |
| GS | 12 | 1 |
| IP | 67.0 | 3.1 |
| W | 3 | 0 |
| SO | 67 | 2 |
| ERA | 4.03 | 8.10 |
| FIP | 2.80 | 2.89 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.20 |
| K/9 | 9.0 | 5.4 |
| BB/9 | 1.2 | 2.7 |
| FIP− | 63 | 65 |
| WAR | 2.1 | 0.1 |
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 | Cole Hamels |
|---|---|---|
| G | 22 | 17 |
| GS | 21 | 16 |
| IP | 113.0 | 100.1 |
| W | 4 | 7 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 100 | 93 |
| BB | 33 | 27 |
| ERA | 4.14 | 3.41 |
| WHIP | 1.20 | 1.10 |
| K/9 | 8.0 | 8.3 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
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.