Head to head · Career pitching
Justin Verlander vs Zack Wheeler
In 2026 Zack Wheeler has been worth 3.9 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 | Justin Verlander | Zack Wheeler |
|---|---|---|
| G | 557 | 311 |
| GS | 557 | 311 |
| IP | 3,576.2 | 1,890.1 |
| W | 266 | 127 |
| L | 159 | 80 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 3,560 | 2,013 |
| BB | 1,007 | 537 |
| ERA | 3.33 | 3.26 |
| WHIP | 1.14 | 1.13 |
| K/9 | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 72.9 | 41.3 |
2026 season
| Statistic | Justin Verlander | Zack Wheeler |
|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | 28 |
| GS | 2 | 28 |
| IP | 9.0 | 162.0 |
| W | 0 | 14 |
| SO | 7 | 193 |
| ERA | 7.00 | 3.00 |
| FIP | 6.88 | 3.35 |
| WHIP | 1.56 | 1.05 |
| K/9 | 7.0 | 10.7 |
| BB/9 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
| FIP− | 165 | 80 |
| WAR | -0.2 | 3.7 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Justin Verlander | Zack Wheeler |
|---|---|---|
| G | 38 | 13 |
| GS | 37 | 11 |
| IP | 226.0 | 74.1 |
| W | 17 | 4 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 244 | 80 |
| BB | 74 | 17 |
| ERA | 3.58 | 2.30 |
| WHIP | 1.12 | 0.77 |
| K/9 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
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.