Head to head · Career pitching
Cole Hamels vs Cliff Lee
In 2014 Cole Hamels has been worth 2.3 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 | Cole Hamels | Cliff Lee |
|---|---|---|
| G | 423 | 284 |
| GS | 422 | 280 |
| IP | 2,698.0 | 1,915.0 |
| W | 163 | 126 |
| L | 122 | 79 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 2,560 | 1,613 |
| BB | 767 | 355 |
| ERA | 3.43 | 3.35 |
| WHIP | 1.18 | 1.17 |
| K/9 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 47.3 | 41.7 |
2014 season
| Statistic | Cole Hamels | Cliff Lee |
|---|---|---|
| G | 30 | 13 |
| GS | 30 | 13 |
| IP | 204.2 | 81.1 |
| W | 9 | 4 |
| SO | 198 | 72 |
| ERA | 2.46 | 3.65 |
| FIP | 3.07 | 2.96 |
| WHIP | 1.15 | 1.38 |
| K/9 | 8.7 | 8.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| FIP− | 82 | 79 |
| WAR | 4.0 | 1.7 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Cole Hamels | Cliff Lee |
|---|---|---|
| G | 17 | 11 |
| GS | 16 | 11 |
| IP | 100.1 | 82.0 |
| W | 7 | 7 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 93 | 89 |
| BB | 27 | 10 |
| ERA | 3.41 | 2.52 |
| WHIP | 1.10 | 0.93 |
| K/9 | 8.3 | 9.8 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 1.1 |
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.