Head to head · Career pitching
Gerrit Cole vs Clayton Kershaw
In 2024 Gerrit Cole has been worth 1.1 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 | Clayton Kershaw |
|---|---|---|
| G | 339 | 455 |
| GS | 339 | 451 |
| IP | 2,081.0 | 2,855.1 |
| W | 163 | 223 |
| L | 89 | 96 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 2,382 | 3,052 |
| BB | 525 | 713 |
| ERA | 3.20 | 2.53 |
| WHIP | 1.09 | 1.02 |
| K/9 | 10.3 | 9.6 |
| BB/9 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| WAR | 48.1 | 74.4 |
2024 season
| Statistic | Gerrit Cole | Clayton Kershaw |
|---|---|---|
| G | 17 | 7 |
| GS | 17 | 7 |
| IP | 95.0 | 30.0 |
| W | 8 | 2 |
| SO | 99 | 24 |
| ERA | 3.41 | 4.50 |
| FIP | 3.69 | 3.53 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.50 |
| K/9 | 9.4 | 7.2 |
| BB/9 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| FIP− | 91 | 87 |
| WAR | 1.6 | 0.5 |
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 | Clayton Kershaw |
|---|---|---|
| G | 23 | 41 |
| GS | 23 | 32 |
| IP | 138.1 | 196.2 |
| W | 11 | 13 |
| SV | 0 | 1 |
| SO | 161 | 213 |
| BB | 37 | 54 |
| ERA | 2.73 | 4.62 |
| WHIP | 1.03 | 1.14 |
| K/9 | 10.5 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
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.