Head to head · 2026 pitching
Lucas Giolito vs Justin Verlander
In 2026 Justin Verlander has been worth 0.2 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.
- Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
2026 season
| Statistic | Lucas Giolito | Justin Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| G | 7 | 2 |
| GS | 5 | 2 |
| IP | 29.2 | 9.0 |
| W | 2 | 0 |
| SO | 18 | 7 |
| ERA | 5.16 | 7.00 |
| FIP | 6.07 | 6.88 |
| WHIP | 1.85 | 1.56 |
| K/9 | 5.5 | 7.0 |
| BB/9 | 7.0 | 3.0 |
| FIP− | 145 | 165 |
| WAR | -0.4 | -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 | Lucas Giolito | Justin Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | 38 |
| GS | 2 | 37 |
| IP | 11.1 | 226.0 |
| W | 1 | 17 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 12 | 244 |
| BB | 6 | 74 |
| ERA | 3.97 | 3.58 |
| WHIP | 0.97 | 1.12 |
| K/9 | 9.5 | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | 4.8 | 2.9 |
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 | Lucas Giolito | Justin Verlander |
|---|---|---|
| G | 213 | 557 |
| GS | 209 | 557 |
| IP | 1,188.1 | 3,576.2 |
| W | 73 | 266 |
| L | 69 | 159 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,216 | 3,560 |
| BB | 464 | 1,007 |
| ERA | 4.32 | 3.33 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.14 |
| K/9 | 9.2 | 9.0 |
| BB/9 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 11.6 | 72.9 |
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.