Andy Pettitte vs Bartolo Colon

Andy Pettitte and Bartolo Colon compared on their MLB careers: Andy Pettitte played 18 seasons, 1995 to 2013, Bartolo Colon 21 seasons, 1997 to 2018. Andy Pettitte has 256 wins to Bartolo Colon's 247. Andy Pettitte won 5 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Andy Pettitte and Bartolo Colon career totals

531	GP	565
256	W	247
153	L	188
3.9	ERA	4.1
3,316	IP	3461.2
2,448	K	2,535
1,031	BB	948
1.4	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Andy Pettitte and Bartolo Colon postseason

44	GP	17
121	R	27
285	H	66

Where each stands all time

Andy Pettitte and Bartolo Colon all-time places

47th (2,448)	Strikeouts (pitching)	37th (2,535)
41st (256)	Wins (pitching)	48th (247)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Andy Pettitte: 5 championships; none on file
Bartolo Colon: 0 championships; AL Cy Young

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Andy Pettitte and Bartolo Colon season by season

1st	1995	12	9	4.17	1997	4	7	5.65
2nd	1996	21	8	3.87	1998	14	9	3.71
3rd	1997	18	7	2.88	1999	18	5	3.95
4th	1998	16	11	4.24	2000	15	8	3.88
5th	1999	14	11	4.70	2001	14	12	4.09
6th	2000	19	9	4.35	2002	20	8	2.93
7th	2001	15	10	3.99	2003	15	13	3.87
8th	2002	13	5	3.27	2004	18	12	5.01
9th	2003	21	8	4.02	2005	21	8	3.48
10th	2004	6	4	3.90	2006	1	5	5.11
11th	2005	17	9	2.39	2007	6	8	6.34
12th	2006	14	13	4.20	2008	4	2	3.92
13th	2007	15	9	4.05	2009	3	6	4.19
14th	2008	14	14	4.54	2011	8	10	4.00
15th	2009	14	8	4.16	2012	10	9	3.43
16th	2010	11	3	3.28	2013	18	6	2.65
17th	2012	5	4	2.87	2014	15	13	4.09
18th	2013	11	11	3.74	2015	14	13	4.16
19th	—	—	—	—	2016	15	8	3.43
20th	—	—	—	—	2017	7	14	6.48
21st	—	—	—	—	2018	7	12	5.78

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA