Head to head · Career pitching
Cole Hamels vs Dan Haren
In 2015 Cole Hamels has been worth 3.1 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 | Dan Haren |
|---|---|---|
| G | 423 | 363 |
| GS | 422 | 361 |
| IP | 2,698.0 | 2,301.0 |
| W | 163 | 147 |
| L | 122 | 121 |
| SV | 0 | 1 |
| SO | 2,560 | 1,938 |
| BB | 767 | 461 |
| ERA | 3.43 | 3.70 |
| WHIP | 1.18 | 1.17 |
| K/9 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| WAR | 47.3 | 36.8 |
2015 season
| Statistic | Cole Hamels | Dan Haren |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 32 |
| GS | 32 | 32 |
| IP | 212.1 | 187.1 |
| W | 13 | 11 |
| SO | 215 | 132 |
| ERA | 3.65 | 3.60 |
| FIP | 3.47 | 4.61 |
| WHIP | 1.19 | 1.13 |
| K/9 | 9.1 | 6.3 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| FIP− | 88 | 116 |
| WAR | 3.8 | 0.7 |
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 | Dan Haren |
|---|---|---|
| G | 17 | 2 |
| GS | 16 | 2 |
| IP | 100.1 | 11.0 |
| W | 7 | 1 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 93 | 9 |
| BB | 27 | 3 |
| ERA | 3.41 | 4.09 |
| WHIP | 1.10 | 1.73 |
| K/9 | 8.3 | 7.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 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.

