Head to head · 2026 pitching
Max Fried vs Merrill Kelly
In 2026 Max Fried has been worth 3.7 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.
2026 season
| Statistic | Max Fried | Merrill Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| G | 20 | 29 |
| GS | 20 | 29 |
| IP | 112.2 | 162.0 |
| W | 5 | 10 |
| SO | 104 | 113 |
| ERA | 2.80 | 4.94 |
| FIP | 2.65 | 5.33 |
| WHIP | 0.99 | 1.46 |
| K/9 | 8.3 | 6.3 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| FIP− | 63 | 127 |
| WAR | 3.5 | -0.2 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Max Fried | Merrill Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| G | 24 | 4 |
| GS | 16 | 4 |
| IP | 88.0 | 24.0 |
| W | 3 | 3 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 86 | 28 |
| BB | 24 | 8 |
| ERA | 5.11 | 2.25 |
| WHIP | 1.45 | 0.83 |
| K/9 | 8.8 | 10.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
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 | Max Fried | Merrill Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| G | 220 | 201 |
| GS | 203 | 201 |
| IP | 1,192.1 | 1,170.1 |
| W | 97 | 75 |
| L | 46 | 67 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,156 | 1,024 |
| BB | 330 | 370 |
| ERA | 3.01 | 3.93 |
| WHIP | 1.14 | 1.23 |
| K/9 | 8.7 | 7.9 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| HR/9 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| WAR | 28.3 | 15.1 |
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.