Head to head · Career pitching
Kevin Gausman vs Stephen Strasburg
In 2022 Kevin Gausman has been worth 5.4 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 | Stephen Strasburg |
|---|---|---|
| G | 393 | 247 |
| GS | 354 | 247 |
| IP | 2,088.2 | 1,470.0 |
| W | 121 | 113 |
| L | 125 | 62 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 2,138 | 1,723 |
| BB | 582 | 394 |
| ERA | 3.87 | 3.24 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 1.10 |
| K/9 | 9.2 | 10.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 37.9 | 36.3 |
2022 season
| Statistic | Kevin Gausman | Stephen Strasburg |
|---|---|---|
| G | 31 | 1 |
| GS | 31 | 1 |
| IP | 174.2 | 4.2 |
| W | 12 | 0 |
| SO | 205 | 5 |
| ERA | 3.35 | 13.50 |
| FIP | 2.38 | 5.68 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 2.14 |
| K/9 | 10.6 | 9.6 |
| BB/9 | 1.4 | 3.9 |
| FIP− | 60 | 143 |
| WAR | 5.4 | -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 | Kevin Gausman | Stephen Strasburg |
|---|---|---|
| G | 15 | 9 |
| GS | 9 | 8 |
| IP | 59.2 | 55.1 |
| W | 2 | 6 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 57 | 71 |
| BB | 22 | 8 |
| ERA | 4.07 | 1.46 |
| WHIP | 1.04 | 0.94 |
| K/9 | 8.6 | 11.5 |
| BB/9 | 3.3 | 1.3 |
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.