Head to head · 2026 pitching
Joe Ryan vs Michael Wacha
In 2026 Joe Ryan 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 | Joe Ryan | Michael Wacha |
|---|---|---|
| G | 27 | 32 |
| GS | 27 | 32 |
| IP | 144.2 | 200.2 |
| W | 7 | 9 |
| SO | 159 | 158 |
| ERA | 3.79 | 3.32 |
| FIP | 3.70 | 4.38 |
| WHIP | 1.16 | 1.11 |
| K/9 | 9.9 | 7.1 |
| BB/9 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| FIP− | 89 | 105 |
| WAR | 2.5 | 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 | Joe Ryan | Michael Wacha |
|---|---|---|
| G | 1 | 10 |
| GS | 1 | 8 |
| IP | 2.0 | 46.2 |
| W | 0 | 4 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1 | 47 |
| BB | 0 | 20 |
| ERA | 4.50 | 5.21 |
| WHIP | 1.00 | 1.35 |
| K/9 | 4.5 | 9.1 |
| BB/9 | 0.0 | 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 | Joe Ryan | Michael Wacha |
|---|---|---|
| G | 142 | 341 |
| GS | 141 | 320 |
| IP | 786.0 | 1,828.0 |
| W | 53 | 120 |
| L | 46 | 85 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 878 | 1,574 |
| BB | 179 | 557 |
| ERA | 3.79 | 3.83 |
| WHIP | 1.08 | 1.26 |
| K/9 | 10.1 | 7.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.0 | 2.7 |
| HR/9 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| WAR | 12.9 | 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.