Head to head · Career pitching
Dan Haren vs John Lackey
In 2015 John Lackey has been worth 2.8 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 | Dan Haren | John Lackey |
|---|---|---|
| G | 363 | 364 |
| GS | 361 | 363 |
| IP | 2,301.0 | 2,329.2 |
| W | 147 | 155 |
| L | 121 | 114 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 1,938 | 1,930 |
| BB | 461 | 656 |
| ERA | 3.70 | 3.81 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.27 |
| K/9 | 7.6 | 7.5 |
| BB/9 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 36.8 | 35.1 |
2015 season
| Statistic | Dan Haren | John Lackey |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 33 |
| GS | 32 | 33 |
| IP | 187.1 | 218.0 |
| W | 11 | 13 |
| SO | 132 | 175 |
| ERA | 3.60 | 2.77 |
| FIP | 4.61 | 3.56 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.21 |
| K/9 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
| BB/9 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| FIP− | 116 | 90 |
| WAR | 0.7 | 3.5 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Dan Haren | John Lackey |
|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | 24 |
| GS | 2 | 20 |
| IP | 11.0 | 121.2 |
| W | 1 | 6 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 9 | 97 |
| BB | 3 | 41 |
| ERA | 4.09 | 3.62 |
| WHIP | 1.73 | 1.27 |
| K/9 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
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.