Head to head · Career pitching
Kevin Gausman vs Corey Kluber
In 2023 Kevin Gausman has been worth 6.1 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 | Kevin Gausman | Corey Kluber |
|---|---|---|
| G | 393 | 271 |
| GS | 354 | 260 |
| IP | 2,088.2 | 1,641.2 |
| W | 121 | 116 |
| L | 125 | 77 |
| SV | 0 | 1 |
| SO | 2,138 | 1,725 |
| BB | 582 | 368 |
| ERA | 3.87 | 3.44 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 1.13 |
| K/9 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| WAR | 37.9 | 36.1 |
2023 season
| Statistic | Kevin Gausman | Corey Kluber |
|---|---|---|
| G | 31 | 15 |
| GS | 31 | 9 |
| IP | 185.0 | 55.0 |
| W | 12 | 3 |
| SO | 237 | 42 |
| ERA | 3.16 | 7.04 |
| FIP | 2.97 | 7.11 |
| WHIP | 1.18 | 1.64 |
| K/9 | 11.5 | 6.9 |
| BB/9 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| FIP− | 69 | 164 |
| WAR | 5.0 | -1.1 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Kevin Gausman | Corey Kluber |
|---|---|---|
| G | 15 | 10 |
| GS | 9 | 9 |
| IP | 59.2 | 47.0 |
| W | 2 | 4 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 57 | 48 |
| BB | 22 | 13 |
| ERA | 4.07 | 4.02 |
| WHIP | 1.04 | 1.23 |
| K/9 | 8.6 | 9.2 |
| BB/9 | 3.3 | 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.