Head to head · Career pitching
Dan Haren vs Clayton Kershaw
In 2015 Clayton Kershaw has been worth 7.4 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 | Clayton Kershaw |
|---|---|---|
| G | 363 | 455 |
| GS | 361 | 451 |
| IP | 2,301.0 | 2,855.1 |
| W | 147 | 223 |
| L | 121 | 96 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 1,938 | 3,052 |
| BB | 461 | 713 |
| ERA | 3.70 | 2.53 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.02 |
| K/9 | 7.6 | 9.6 |
| BB/9 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| WAR | 36.8 | 74.4 |
2015 season
| Statistic | Dan Haren | Clayton Kershaw |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 33 |
| GS | 32 | 33 |
| IP | 187.1 | 232.2 |
| W | 11 | 16 |
| SO | 132 | 301 |
| ERA | 3.60 | 2.13 |
| FIP | 4.61 | 1.99 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 0.88 |
| K/9 | 6.3 | 11.6 |
| BB/9 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| FIP− | 116 | 50 |
| WAR | 0.7 | 8.1 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Dan Haren | Clayton Kershaw |
|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | 41 |
| GS | 2 | 32 |
| IP | 11.0 | 196.2 |
| W | 1 | 13 |
| SV | 0 | 1 |
| SO | 9 | 213 |
| BB | 3 | 54 |
| ERA | 4.09 | 4.62 |
| WHIP | 1.73 | 1.14 |
| K/9 | 7.4 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
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.