Head to head · 2026 pitching
Walker Buehler vs Bryce Elder
In 2026 Walker Buehler has been worth 0.1 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 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
2026 season
| Statistic | Walker Buehler | Bryce Elder |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 26 |
| GS | 32 | 26 |
| IP | 153.2 | 149.0 |
| W | 9 | 8 |
| SO | 131 | 121 |
| ERA | 4.63 | 4.11 |
| FIP | 4.51 | 4.62 |
| WHIP | 1.35 | 1.27 |
| K/9 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
| BB/9 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
| FIP− | 108 | 110 |
| WAR | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Walker Buehler | Bryce Elder |
|---|---|---|
| G | 20 | 1 |
| GS | 19 | 1 |
| IP | 97.2 | 2.2 |
| W | 4 | 0 |
| SV | 1 | 0 |
| SO | 114 | 4 |
| BB | 38 | 1 |
| ERA | 3.04 | 20.25 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 2.25 |
| K/9 | 10.5 | 13.5 |
| BB/9 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
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 | Walker Buehler | Bryce Elder |
|---|---|---|
| G | 189 | 105 |
| GS | 178 | 104 |
| IP | 993.1 | 583.2 |
| W | 66 | 32 |
| L | 35 | 32 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 977 | 473 |
| BB | 308 | 203 |
| ERA | 3.69 | 4.46 |
| WHIP | 1.18 | 1.33 |
| K/9 | 8.9 | 7.3 |
| BB/9 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| HR/9 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| WAR | 14.9 | 5.4 |
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.