Head to head · 2026 pitching

Gerrit Cole vs Sean Manaea

So far in 2026 Gerrit Cole has been worth 1.3 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.

Gerrit Cole NYY

Sean Manaea NYM

2026 pitching, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Gerrit Cole	Sean Manaea
G	21	31
GS	21	17
IP	121.1	138.2
W	9	5
SO	123	132
ERA	3.63	4.74
FIP	3.92	4.54
WHIP	1.10	1.32
K/9	9.1	8.6
BB/9	1.6	2.7
FIP−	94	108
WAR	2.0	0.7

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, 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 table above.
Statistic	Gerrit Cole	Sean Manaea
G	297	274
GS	297	227
IP	1,820.0	1,383.2
W	141	84
L	77	73
SV	0	1
SO	2,136	1,316
BB	454	388
ERA	3.17	4.15
WHIP	1.08	1.21
K/9	10.6	8.6
BB/9	2.2	2.5
HR/9	1.1	1.3
WAR	42.9	16.7

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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.