Head to head · Career pitching
Félix Hernández vs Jake Peavy
In 2016 the two have been worth the same 1.0 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 | Félix Hernández | Jake Peavy |
|---|---|---|
| G | 419 | 312 |
| GS | 418 | 301 |
| IP | 2,729.2 | 1,918.1 |
| W | 169 | 119 |
| L | 136 | 102 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 2,524 | 1,788 |
| BB | 805 | 540 |
| ERA | 3.42 | 3.66 |
| WHIP | 1.21 | 1.17 |
| K/9 | 8.3 | 8.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 49.6 | 34.3 |
2016 season
| Statistic | Félix Hernández | Jake Peavy |
|---|---|---|
| G | 25 | 31 |
| GS | 25 | 21 |
| IP | 153.1 | 118.2 |
| W | 11 | 5 |
| SO | 122 | 102 |
| ERA | 3.82 | 5.54 |
| FIP | 4.63 | 4.36 |
| WHIP | 1.32 | 1.43 |
| K/9 | 7.2 | 7.7 |
| BB/9 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| FIP− | 111 | 104 |
| WAR | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Félix Hernández | Jake Peavy |
|---|---|---|
| G | — | 9 |
| GS | — | 9 |
| IP | — | 38.1 |
| W | — | 1 |
| SV | — | 0 |
| SO | — | 21 |
| BB | — | 17 |
| ERA | — | 7.98 |
| WHIP | — | 1.83 |
| K/9 | — | 4.9 |
| BB/9 | — | 4.0 |
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.

