John Lackey vs Orlando Hernandez

John Lackey and Orlando Hernandez compared on their MLB careers: John Lackey played 15 seasons, 2002 to 2017, Orlando Hernandez 9 seasons, 1998 to 2007. John Lackey has 188 wins to Orlando Hernandez's 90. John Lackey won 3 titles, Orlando Hernandez won 4 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

John Lackey and Orlando Hernandez career totals

448	GP	219
188	W	90
147	L	65
3.9	ERA	4.1
2840.1	IP	1314.2
2,294	K	1,086
815	BB	479
1.3	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	2

How do they compare in the postseason?

John Lackey and Orlando Hernandez postseason

29	GP	19
58	R	32
135	H	77

Where each stands all time

John Lackey and Orlando Hernandez all-time places

58th (2,294)	Strikeouts (pitching)	—
145th (188)	Wins (pitching)	—

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
Orlando Hernandez: 4 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.

John Lackey and Orlando Hernandez season by season

1st	2002	9	4	3.66	1998	12	4	3.13
2nd	2003	10	16	4.63	1999	17	9	4.12
3rd	2004	14	13	4.67	2000	12	13	4.51
4th	2005	14	5	3.44	2001	4	7	4.85
5th	2006	13	11	3.56	2002	8	5	3.64
6th	2007	19	9	3.01	2004	8	2	3.30
7th	2008	12	5	3.75	2005	9	9	5.12
8th	2009	11	8	3.83	2006	11	11	4.66
9th	2010	14	11	4.40	2007	9	5	3.72
10th	2011	12	12	6.41	—	—	—	—
11th	2013	10	13	3.52	—	—	—	—
12th	2014	14	10	3.82	—	—	—	—
13th	2015	13	10	2.77	—	—	—	—
14th	2016	11	8	3.35	—	—	—	—
15th	2017	12	12	4.59	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA