Head to head · 2026 pitching
Yusei Kikuchi vs Spencer Strider
In 2026 Yusei Kikuchi has been worth 0.9 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 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
2026 season
| Statistic | Yusei Kikuchi | Spencer Strider |
|---|---|---|
| G | 14 | 8 |
| GS | 14 | 8 |
| IP | 67.2 | 39.0 |
| W | 1 | 4 |
| SO | 67 | 46 |
| ERA | 4.92 | 5.31 |
| FIP | 3.93 | 5.36 |
| WHIP | 1.54 | 1.36 |
| K/9 | 8.9 | 10.6 |
| BB/9 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| FIP− | 94 | 128 |
| WAR | 0.9 | -0.0 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Yusei Kikuchi | Spencer Strider |
|---|---|---|
| G | 1 | 3 |
| GS | 0 | 3 |
| IP | 1.2 | 15.0 |
| W | 0 | 0 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 0 | 19 |
| BB | 1 | 7 |
| ERA | 5.40 | 5.40 |
| WHIP | 2.40 | 1.47 |
| K/9 | 0.0 | 11.4 |
| BB/9 | 5.4 | 4.2 |
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 | Yusei Kikuchi | Spencer Strider |
|---|---|---|
| G | 213 | 98 |
| GS | 201 | 85 |
| IP | 1,055.2 | 494.0 |
| W | 49 | 43 |
| L | 65 | 26 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 1,078 | 672 |
| BB | 386 | 180 |
| ERA | 4.49 | 3.86 |
| WHIP | 1.37 | 1.18 |
| K/9 | 9.2 | 12.2 |
| BB/9 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| HR/9 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| WAR | 10.0 | 10.9 |
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.