Head to head · 2026 pitching
Paul Skenes vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto
In 2026 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 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.
- Both among the 25 most valuable pitchers of 2026 by dbWAR.
- Both near the front of the 2026 NL Cy Young race: among the league's 8 most valuable pitchers by dbWAR.
- Both among the 25 most valuable pitchers of 2025 by dbWAR.
- Both near the front of the 2025 NL Cy Young race: among the league's 8 most valuable pitchers by dbWAR.
2026 season
| Statistic | Paul Skenes | Yoshinobu Yamamoto |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 28 |
| GS | 32 | 28 |
| IP | 174.1 | 185.0 |
| W | 10 | 14 |
| SO | 200 | 182 |
| ERA | 3.82 | 2.53 |
| FIP | 3.33 | 3.34 |
| WHIP | 1.12 | 0.87 |
| K/9 | 10.3 | 8.9 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| FIP− | 80 | 80 |
| WAR | 4.0 | 4.1 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Paul Skenes | Yoshinobu Yamamoto |
|---|---|---|
| G | — | 12 |
| GS | — | 11 |
| IP | — | 65.2 |
| W | — | 8 |
| SV | — | 0 |
| SO | — | 59 |
| BB | — | 15 |
| ERA | — | 2.47 |
| WHIP | — | 0.88 |
| K/9 | — | 8.1 |
| BB/9 | — | 2.1 |
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 | Paul Skenes | Yoshinobu Yamamoto |
|---|---|---|
| G | 87 | 76 |
| GS | 87 | 76 |
| IP | 495.0 | 448.2 |
| W | 31 | 33 |
| L | 24 | 19 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 586 | 488 |
| BB | 123 | 123 |
| ERA | 2.62 | 2.61 |
| WHIP | 1.01 | 0.97 |
| K/9 | 10.7 | 9.8 |
| BB/9 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| HR/9 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| WAR | 14.5 | 11.4 |
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.