Head to head · Career pitching
Gerrit Cole vs Cliff Lee
In 2014 Gerrit Cole has been worth 0.7 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 | Cliff Lee |
|---|---|---|
| G | 339 | 284 |
| GS | 339 | 280 |
| IP | 2,081.0 | 1,915.0 |
| W | 163 | 126 |
| L | 89 | 79 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 2,382 | 1,613 |
| BB | 525 | 355 |
| ERA | 3.20 | 3.35 |
| WHIP | 1.09 | 1.17 |
| K/9 | 10.3 | 7.6 |
| BB/9 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 48.1 | 41.7 |
2014 season
| Statistic | Gerrit Cole | Cliff Lee |
|---|---|---|
| G | 22 | 13 |
| GS | 22 | 13 |
| IP | 138.0 | 81.1 |
| W | 11 | 4 |
| SO | 138 | 72 |
| ERA | 3.65 | 3.65 |
| FIP | 3.23 | 2.96 |
| WHIP | 1.21 | 1.38 |
| K/9 | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| FIP− | 86 | 79 |
| WAR | 2.4 | 1.7 |
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 | Cliff Lee |
|---|---|---|
| G | 23 | 11 |
| GS | 23 | 11 |
| IP | 138.1 | 82.0 |
| W | 11 | 7 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 161 | 89 |
| BB | 37 | 10 |
| ERA | 2.73 | 2.52 |
| WHIP | 1.03 | 0.93 |
| K/9 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 1.1 |
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.