Head to head · 2026 pitching
Shane Bieber vs Merrill Kelly
In 2026 Shane Bieber 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.
- Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
2026 season
| Statistic | Shane Bieber | Merrill Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| G | 11 | 29 |
| GS | 11 | 29 |
| IP | 55.2 | 162.0 |
| W | 5 | 10 |
| SO | 44 | 113 |
| ERA | 4.53 | 4.94 |
| FIP | 5.15 | 5.33 |
| WHIP | 1.44 | 1.46 |
| K/9 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| BB/9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| FIP− | 123 | 127 |
| WAR | 0.1 | -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 | Shane Bieber | Merrill Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| G | 8 | 4 |
| GS | 7 | 4 |
| IP | 36.2 | 24.0 |
| W | 3 | 3 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 40 | 28 |
| BB | 12 | 8 |
| ERA | 4.42 | 2.25 |
| WHIP | 1.36 | 0.83 |
| K/9 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.9 | 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 | Shane Bieber | Merrill Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| G | 154 | 201 |
| GS | 152 | 201 |
| IP | 939.0 | 1,170.1 |
| W | 71 | 75 |
| L | 36 | 67 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 1,039 | 1,024 |
| BB | 219 | 370 |
| ERA | 3.32 | 3.93 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.23 |
| K/9 | 10.0 | 7.9 |
| BB/9 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| WAR | 21.9 | 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.