Head to head · 2026 pitching
Cade Cavalli vs Zack Wheeler
In 2026 Cade Cavalli has been worth 0.4 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.
- Both among the 25 most valuable pitchers of 2026 by dbWAR.
- Both near the front of the 2026 NL Cy Young race: among the league's 8 most valuable pitchers by dbWAR.
- Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
2026 season
| Statistic | Cade Cavalli | Zack Wheeler |
|---|---|---|
| G | 32 | 28 |
| GS | 32 | 28 |
| IP | 169.2 | 162.0 |
| W | 13 | 14 |
| SO | 200 | 193 |
| ERA | 3.02 | 3.00 |
| FIP | 3.26 | 3.35 |
| WHIP | 1.16 | 1.05 |
| K/9 | 10.6 | 10.7 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| FIP− | 78 | 80 |
| WAR | 4.1 | 3.7 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Cade Cavalli | Zack Wheeler |
|---|---|---|
| G | — | 13 |
| GS | — | 11 |
| IP | — | 74.1 |
| W | — | 4 |
| SV | — | 0 |
| SO | — | 80 |
| BB | — | 17 |
| ERA | — | 2.30 |
| WHIP | — | 0.77 |
| K/9 | — | 9.7 |
| BB/9 | — | 2.1 |
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.
| Statistic | Cade Cavalli | Zack Wheeler |
|---|---|---|
| G | 43 | 311 |
| GS | 43 | 311 |
| IP | 222.2 | 1,890.1 |
| W | 16 | 127 |
| L | 7 | 80 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 246 | 2,013 |
| BB | 65 | 537 |
| ERA | 3.52 | 3.26 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 1.13 |
| K/9 | 9.9 | 9.6 |
| BB/9 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| HR/9 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| WAR | 4.5 | 41.3 |
More head to heads
The same seasons, measured against somebody else.
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.