Head to head · Career pitching
Gerrit Cole vs John Lackey
In 2017 Gerrit Cole has been worth 2.6 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 | Gerrit Cole | John Lackey |
|---|---|---|
| G | 339 | 364 |
| GS | 339 | 363 |
| IP | 2,081.0 | 2,329.2 |
| W | 163 | 155 |
| L | 89 | 114 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 2,382 | 1,930 |
| BB | 525 | 656 |
| ERA | 3.20 | 3.81 |
| WHIP | 1.09 | 1.27 |
| K/9 | 10.3 | 7.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 48.1 | 35.1 |
2017 season
| Statistic | Gerrit Cole | John Lackey |
|---|---|---|
| G | 33 | 31 |
| GS | 33 | 30 |
| IP | 203.0 | 170.2 |
| W | 12 | 12 |
| SO | 196 | 149 |
| ERA | 4.26 | 4.59 |
| FIP | 4.08 | 5.30 |
| WHIP | 1.25 | 1.28 |
| K/9 | 8.7 | 7.9 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| FIP− | 94 | 122 |
| WAR | 3.0 | 0.4 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Gerrit Cole | John Lackey |
|---|---|---|
| G | 23 | 24 |
| GS | 23 | 20 |
| IP | 138.1 | 121.2 |
| W | 11 | 6 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 161 | 97 |
| BB | 37 | 41 |
| ERA | 2.73 | 3.62 |
| WHIP | 1.03 | 1.27 |
| K/9 | 10.5 | 7.2 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
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.