Head to head · Career pitching
Jacob deGrom vs Félix Hernández
In 2019 Jacob deGrom has been worth 6.7 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 | Jacob deGrom | Félix Hernández |
|---|---|---|
| G | 279 | 419 |
| GS | 279 | 418 |
| IP | 1,702.1 | 2,729.2 |
| W | 107 | 169 |
| L | 76 | 136 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 2,052 | 2,524 |
| BB | 391 | 805 |
| ERA | 2.73 | 3.42 |
| WHIP | 1.00 | 1.21 |
| K/9 | 10.8 | 8.3 |
| BB/9 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 47.2 | 49.6 |
2019 season
| Statistic | Jacob deGrom | Félix Hernández |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 15 |
| GS | 32 | 15 |
| IP | 204.0 | 71.2 |
| W | 11 | 1 |
| SO | 255 | 57 |
| ERA | 2.43 | 6.40 |
| FIP | 2.67 | 6.00 |
| WHIP | 0.97 | 1.53 |
| K/9 | 11.3 | 7.2 |
| BB/9 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| FIP− | 59 | 133 |
| WAR | 6.4 | -0.3 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Jacob deGrom | Félix Hernández |
|---|---|---|
| G | 5 | — |
| GS | 5 | — |
| IP | 31.0 | — |
| W | 4 | — |
| SV | 0 | — |
| SO | 37 | — |
| BB | 10 | — |
| ERA | 2.90 | — |
| WHIP | 1.16 | — |
| K/9 | 10.7 | — |
| BB/9 | 2.9 | — |
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.