Head to head · Career pitching
David Price vs Justin Verlander
In 2022 Justin Verlander has been worth 4.9 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 | David Price | Justin Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| G | 400 | 557 |
| GS | 322 | 557 |
| IP | 2,143.2 | 3,576.2 |
| W | 157 | 266 |
| L | 82 | 159 |
| SV | 3 | 0 |
| SO | 2,076 | 3,560 |
| BB | 562 | 1,007 |
| ERA | 3.32 | 3.33 |
| WHIP | 1.16 | 1.14 |
| K/9 | 8.7 | 9.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 40.8 | 72.9 |
2022 season
| Statistic | David Price | Justin Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| G | 40 | 28 |
| GS | 0 | 28 |
| IP | 40.1 | 175.0 |
| W | 2 | 18 |
| SO | 37 | 185 |
| ERA | 2.45 | 1.75 |
| FIP | 3.88 | 2.49 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 0.83 |
| K/9 | 8.3 | 9.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| FIP− | 98 | 63 |
| WAR | 0.3 | 5.2 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | David Price | Justin Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| G | 23 | 38 |
| GS | 14 | 37 |
| IP | 99.1 | 226.0 |
| W | 5 | 17 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 91 | 244 |
| BB | 28 | 74 |
| ERA | 4.62 | 3.58 |
| WHIP | 1.20 | 1.12 |
| K/9 | 8.2 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
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.