Chris Carpenter vs John Lackey

Chris Carpenter and John Lackey compared on their MLB careers: Chris Carpenter played 15 seasons, 1997 to 2012, John Lackey 15 seasons, 2002 to 2017. Chris Carpenter has 144 wins to John Lackey's 188. Chris Carpenter won 2 titles, John Lackey won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Chris Carpenter and John Lackey career totals

350	GP	448
144	W	188
94	L	147
3.8	ERA	3.9
2219.1	IP	2840.1
1,697	K	2,294
627	BB	815
1.3	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Chris Carpenter and John Lackey postseason

18	GP	29
43	R	58
104	H	135

Where each stands all time

Chris Carpenter and John Lackey all-time places

161st (1,697)	Strikeouts (pitching)	58th (2,294)
276th (144)	Wins (pitching)	145th (188)

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

Chris Carpenter: 2 championships; NL Cy Young
John Lackey: 3 championships; none on file

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.

Chris Carpenter and John Lackey season by season

1st	1997	3	7	5.09	2002	9	4	3.66
2nd	1998	12	7	4.37	2003	10	16	4.63
3rd	1999	9	8	4.38	2004	14	13	4.67
4th	2000	10	12	6.26	2005	14	5	3.44
5th	2001	11	11	4.09	2006	13	11	3.56
6th	2002	4	5	5.28	2007	19	9	3.01
7th	2004	15	5	3.46	2008	12	5	3.75
8th	2005	21	5	2.83	2009	11	8	3.83
9th	2006	15	8	3.09	2010	14	11	4.40
10th	2007	0	1	7.50	2011	12	12	6.41
11th	2008	0	1	1.76	2013	10	13	3.52
12th	2009	17	4	2.24	2014	14	10	3.82
13th	2010	16	9	3.22	2015	13	10	2.77
14th	2011	11	9	3.45	2016	11	8	3.35
15th	2012	0	2	3.71	2017	12	12	4.59

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA