Head to head · Career pitching
Clayton Kershaw vs Adam Wainwright
In 2023 Clayton Kershaw has been worth 2.5 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 | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 455 | 478 |
| GS | 451 | 411 |
| IP | 2,855.1 | 2,668.1 |
| W | 223 | 200 |
| L | 96 | 128 |
| SV | 0 | 3 |
| SO | 3,052 | 2,202 |
| BB | 713 | 736 |
| ERA | 2.53 | 3.53 |
| WHIP | 1.02 | 1.24 |
| K/9 | 9.6 | 7.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| WAR | 74.4 | 49.9 |
2023 season
| Statistic | Clayton Kershaw | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 24 | 21 |
| GS | 24 | 21 |
| IP | 131.2 | 101.0 |
| W | 13 | 5 |
| SO | 137 | 55 |
| ERA | 2.46 | 7.40 |
| FIP | 4.03 | 5.99 |
| WHIP | 1.06 | 1.90 |
| K/9 | 9.4 | 4.9 |
| BB/9 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| FIP− | 93 | 138 |
| WAR | 1.9 | -0.6 |
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 | Adam Wainwright |
|---|---|---|
| G | 41 | 29 |
| GS | 32 | 16 |
| IP | 196.2 | 114.1 |
| W | 13 | 4 |
| SV | 1 | 4 |
| SO | 213 | 123 |
| BB | 54 | 22 |
| ERA | 4.62 | 2.83 |
| WHIP | 1.14 | 1.11 |
| K/9 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
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.