Head to head · Career pitching
Félix Hernández vs Jon Lester
In 2019 Jon Lester 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 | Félix Hernández | Jon Lester |
|---|---|---|
| G | 419 | 452 |
| GS | 418 | 451 |
| IP | 2,729.2 | 2,740.0 |
| W | 169 | 200 |
| L | 136 | 117 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 2,524 | 2,488 |
| BB | 805 | 892 |
| ERA | 3.42 | 3.66 |
| WHIP | 1.21 | 1.28 |
| K/9 | 8.3 | 8.2 |
| BB/9 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 49.6 | 45.0 |
2019 season
| Statistic | Félix Hernández | Jon Lester |
|---|---|---|
| G | 15 | 31 |
| GS | 15 | 31 |
| IP | 71.2 | 171.2 |
| W | 1 | 13 |
| SO | 57 | 165 |
| ERA | 6.40 | 4.46 |
| FIP | 6.00 | 4.26 |
| WHIP | 1.53 | 1.50 |
| K/9 | 7.2 | 8.7 |
| BB/9 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| FIP− | 133 | 94 |
| WAR | -0.3 | 2.5 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Félix Hernández | Jon Lester |
|---|---|---|
| G | — | 26 |
| GS | — | 22 |
| IP | — | 154.0 |
| W | — | 9 |
| SV | — | 0 |
| SO | — | 133 |
| BB | — | 40 |
| ERA | — | 2.51 |
| WHIP | — | 1.02 |
| K/9 | — | 7.8 |
| BB/9 | — | 2.3 |
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.