John Lackey vs Kevin Appier

John Lackey and Kevin Appier compared on their MLB careers: John Lackey played 15 seasons, 2002 to 2017, Kevin Appier 16 seasons, 1989 to 2004. John Lackey has 188 wins to Kevin Appier's 169. John Lackey won 3 titles, Kevin Appier won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

John Lackey and Kevin Appier career totals

448	GP	414
188	W	169
147	L	137
3.9	ERA	3.7
2840.1	IP	2595.1
2,294	K	1,994
815	BB	933
1.3	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

John Lackey and Kevin Appier postseason

29	GP	7
58	R	19
135	H	34

Where each stands all time

John Lackey and Kevin Appier all-time places

58th (2,294)	Strikeouts (pitching)	96th (1,994)
145th (188)	Wins (pitching)	185th (169)

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

John Lackey: 3 championships; none on file
Kevin Appier: 1 championship; 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.

John Lackey and Kevin Appier season by season

1st	2002	9	4	3.66	1989	1	4	9.14
2nd	2003	10	16	4.63	1990	12	8	2.76
3rd	2004	14	13	4.67	1991	13	10	3.42
4th	2005	14	5	3.44	1992	15	8	2.46
5th	2006	13	11	3.56	1993	18	8	2.56
6th	2007	19	9	3.01	1994	7	6	3.83
7th	2008	12	5	3.75	1995	15	10	3.89
8th	2009	11	8	3.83	1996	14	11	3.62
9th	2010	14	11	4.40	1997	9	13	3.40
10th	2011	12	12	6.41	1998	1	2	7.80
11th	2013	10	13	3.52	1999	16	14	5.17
12th	2014	14	10	3.82	2000	15	11	4.52
13th	2015	13	10	2.77	2001	11	10	3.57
14th	2016	11	8	3.35	2002	14	12	3.92
15th	2017	12	12	4.59	2003	8	9	5.40
16th	—	—	—	—	2004	0	1	13.50

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA