Head to head · 2026 pitching
Shawn Armstrong vs Craig Kimbrel
In 2026 Craig Kimbrel has been worth 0.2 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.
- Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
2026 season
| Statistic | Shawn Armstrong | Craig Kimbrel |
|---|---|---|
| G | 41 | 46 |
| GS | 0 | 0 |
| IP | 35.1 | 46.0 |
| W | 2 | 1 |
| SO | 34 | 40 |
| ERA | 4.58 | 4.50 |
| FIP | 4.43 | 4.12 |
| WHIP | 1.36 | 1.35 |
| K/9 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| BB/9 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| FIP− | 106 | 99 |
| WAR | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Shawn Armstrong | Craig Kimbrel |
|---|---|---|
| G | 9 | 30 |
| GS | 2 | 0 |
| IP | 11.0 | 30.0 |
| W | 0 | 0 |
| SV | 0 | 10 |
| SO | 10 | 32 |
| BB | 0 | 20 |
| ERA | 0.82 | 4.50 |
| WHIP | 0.45 | 1.43 |
| K/9 | 8.2 | 9.6 |
| BB/9 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
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 | Shawn Armstrong | Craig Kimbrel |
|---|---|---|
| G | 411 | 897 |
| GS | 18 | 0 |
| IP | 456.2 | 867.2 |
| W | 17 | 57 |
| L | 12 | 53 |
| SV | 17 | 441 |
| SO | 468 | 1,322 |
| BB | 159 | 368 |
| ERA | 3.88 | 2.69 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 1.04 |
| K/9 | 9.2 | 13.7 |
| BB/9 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| WAR | 5.0 | 19.7 |
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.