Head to head · Career pitching

Gerrit Cole vs Kevin Gausman

In 2026 Kevin Gausman has been worth 1.1 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.

Two of the 25 most valuable pitching careers on this site, 2005–2026, by dbWAR.

Gerrit Cole NYY

Kevin Gausman TOR

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.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
Statistic	Gerrit Cole	Kevin Gausman
G	339	393
GS	339	354
IP	2,081.0	2,088.2
W	163	121
L	89	125
SV	0	0
SO	2,382	2,138
BB	525	582
ERA	3.20	3.87
WHIP	1.09	1.24
K/9	10.3	9.2
BB/9	2.3	2.5
HR/9	1.0	1.1
WAR	48.1	37.9

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Gerrit Cole	Kevin Gausman
G	22	32
GS	22	32
IP	127.0	177.2
W	10	9
SO	131	184
ERA	3.61	4.51
FIP	3.93	3.74
WHIP	1.10	1.27
K/9	9.3	9.3
BB/9	1.8	2.4
FIP−	94	90
WAR	2.0	3.1

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Gerrit Cole	Kevin Gausman
G	23	15
GS	23	9
IP	138.1	59.2
W	11	2
SV	0	0
SO	161	57
BB	37	22
ERA	2.73	4.07
WHIP	1.03	1.04
K/9	10.5	8.6
BB/9	2.4	3.3

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How these are computed

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.