Head to head · Career pitching
Clayton Kershaw vs CC Sabathia
In 2019 Clayton Kershaw has been worth 3.5 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 | Clayton Kershaw | CC Sabathia |
|---|---|---|
| G | 455 | 435 |
| GS | 451 | 434 |
| IP | 2,855.1 | 2,801.1 |
| W | 223 | 197 |
| L | 96 | 126 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 3,052 | 2,493 |
| BB | 713 | 778 |
| ERA | 2.53 | 3.63 |
| WHIP | 1.02 | 1.24 |
| K/9 | 9.6 | 8.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 74.4 | 49.0 |
2019 season
| Statistic | Clayton Kershaw | CC Sabathia |
|---|---|---|
| G | 29 | 23 |
| GS | 28 | 22 |
| IP | 178.1 | 107.1 |
| W | 16 | 5 |
| SO | 189 | 107 |
| ERA | 3.03 | 4.95 |
| FIP | 3.86 | 5.66 |
| WHIP | 1.04 | 1.41 |
| K/9 | 9.5 | 9.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| FIP− | 86 | 126 |
| WAR | 3.3 | -0.2 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Clayton Kershaw | CC Sabathia |
|---|---|---|
| G | 41 | 25 |
| GS | 32 | 22 |
| IP | 196.2 | 124.1 |
| W | 13 | 9 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 213 | 116 |
| BB | 54 | 58 |
| ERA | 4.62 | 4.34 |
| WHIP | 1.14 | 1.52 |
| K/9 | 9.7 | 8.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
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.