Head to head · 2026 pitching
Seth Lugo vs Michael Wacha
In 2026 Michael Wacha has been worth 0.3 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.
2026 season
| Statistic | Seth Lugo | Michael Wacha |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 32 |
| GS | 32 | 32 |
| IP | 172.1 | 200.2 |
| W | 7 | 9 |
| SO | 134 | 158 |
| ERA | 5.17 | 3.32 |
| FIP | 4.38 | 4.38 |
| WHIP | 1.47 | 1.11 |
| K/9 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| BB/9 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| FIP− | 105 | 105 |
| WAR | 1.9 | 2.2 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Seth Lugo | Michael Wacha |
|---|---|---|
| G | 5 | 10 |
| GS | 2 | 8 |
| IP | 11.1 | 46.2 |
| W | 0 | 4 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 11 | 47 |
| BB | 6 | 20 |
| ERA | 2.38 | 5.21 |
| WHIP | 1.32 | 1.35 |
| K/9 | 8.7 | 9.1 |
| BB/9 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
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 | Seth Lugo | Michael Wacha |
|---|---|---|
| G | 392 | 341 |
| GS | 155 | 320 |
| IP | 1,165.1 | 1,828.0 |
| W | 71 | 120 |
| L | 56 | 85 |
| SV | 16 | 0 |
| SO | 1,088 | 1,574 |
| BB | 330 | 557 |
| ERA | 3.74 | 3.83 |
| WHIP | 1.22 | 1.26 |
| K/9 | 8.4 | 7.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| WAR | 16.2 | 24.3 |
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.