Head to head · Career pitching
Jon Lester vs Max Scherzer
In 2021 Max Scherzer has been worth 5.0 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 | Jon Lester | Max Scherzer |
|---|---|---|
| G | 452 | 501 |
| GS | 451 | 492 |
| IP | 2,740.0 | 3,047.2 |
| W | 200 | 225 |
| L | 117 | 126 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 2,488 | 3,557 |
| BB | 892 | 814 |
| ERA | 3.66 | 3.29 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.09 |
| K/9 | 8.2 | 10.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| WAR | 45.0 | 66.4 |
2021 season
| Statistic | Jon Lester | Max Scherzer |
|---|---|---|
| G | 28 | 30 |
| GS | 28 | 30 |
| IP | 141.1 | 179.1 |
| W | 7 | 15 |
| SO | 91 | 236 |
| ERA | 4.71 | 2.46 |
| FIP | 5.41 | 2.97 |
| WHIP | 1.51 | 0.86 |
| K/9 | 5.8 | 11.8 |
| BB/9 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
| FIP− | 127 | 70 |
| WAR | -0.2 | 4.8 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Jon Lester | Max Scherzer |
|---|---|---|
| G | 26 | 33 |
| GS | 22 | 28 |
| IP | 154.0 | 157.1 |
| W | 9 | 8 |
| SV | 0 | 1 |
| SO | 133 | 182 |
| BB | 40 | 62 |
| ERA | 2.51 | 3.78 |
| WHIP | 1.02 | 1.16 |
| K/9 | 7.8 | 10.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
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.