Head to head · 2026 pitching

Andrew Abbott vs Paul Skenes

In 2026 Paul Skenes has been worth 3.5 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.

Both among the 25 most valuable pitchers of 2025 by dbWAR.

Andrew Abbott CIN

Paul Skenes PIT

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Andrew Abbott	Paul Skenes
G	32	32
GS	32	32
IP	166.0	174.1
W	6	10
SO	131	200
ERA	4.66	3.82
FIP	4.93	3.33
WHIP	1.45	1.12
K/9	7.1	10.3
BB/9	4.1	2.5
FIP−	118	80
WAR	0.5	4.0

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.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
Statistic	Andrew Abbott	Paul Skenes
G	107	87
GS	107	87
IP	579.2	495.0
W	34	31
L	34	24
SV	0	0
SO	514	586
BB	215	123
ERA	3.77	2.62
WHIP	1.30	1.01
K/9	8.0	10.7
BB/9	3.3	2.2
HR/9	1.3	0.7
WAR	5.2	14.5

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How these are computed

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.