Head to head · 2026 Wild Card Series pitching

Josh Hader vs Sean Newcomb

In 2026 Sean Newcomb has been worth 0.2 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.

Opponents in the 2026 Wild Card Series, where the Chicago White Sox won 2-0 over the Houston Astros.

Josh Hader HOU

Sean Newcomb CWS

Postseason

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

2026 Wild Card Series.
Statistic	Josh Hader	Sean Newcomb
G	2	1
GS	0	0
IP	2.1	1.0
W	0	0
SV	0	0
SO	2	0
BB	0	0
ERA	0.00	18.00
WHIP	1.29	2.00
K/9	7.7	0.0
BB/9	0.0	0.0

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Josh Hader	Sean Newcomb
G	20	10
GS	0	2
IP	24.1	15.1
W	0	1
SV	5	0
SO	35	13
BB	6	4
ERA	1.48	1.76
WHIP	0.95	0.78
K/9	12.9	7.6
BB/9	2.2	2.3

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Josh Hader	Sean Newcomb
G	45	60
GS	0	6
IP	44.2	90.1
W	4	2
SO	55	84
ERA	1.01	3.09
FIP	1.94	3.21
WHIP	0.76	1.18
K/9	11.1	8.4
BB/9	3.0	3.4
FIP−	46	77
WAR	1.4	1.6

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	Josh Hader	Sean Newcomb
G	513	283
GS	0	71
IP	557.0	613.2
W	38	32
L	33	35
SV	253	8
SO	884	613
BB	213	301
ERA	2.50	4.03
WHIP	0.92	1.41
K/9	14.3	9.0
BB/9	3.4	4.4
HR/9	1.1	0.9
WAR	12.5	6.8

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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.