Head to head · 2026 ALDS pitching

Sean Burke vs Cade Smith

In 2026 Sean Burke has been worth 0.8 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 ALDS, where the Cleveland Guardians won 3-2 over the Chicago White Sox.

Sean Burke CWS

Cade Smith CLE

Postseason

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

2026 ALDS.
Statistic	Sean Burke	Cade Smith
G	2	5
GS	1	0
IP	10.1	6.2
W	1	0
SV	0	1
SO	10	11
BB	1	1
ERA	2.61	1.35
WHIP	0.58	0.45
K/9	8.7	14.8
BB/9	0.9	1.3

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Sean Burke	Cade Smith
G	3	21
GS	2	0
IP	14.1	24.2
W	1	2
SV	0	2
SO	18	34
BB	1	6
ERA	3.77	2.55
WHIP	0.70	0.61
K/9	11.3	12.4
BB/9	0.6	2.2

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Sean Burke	Cade Smith
G	32	69
GS	27	0
IP	172.1	74.0
W	11	6
SO	185	107
ERA	3.34	1.95
FIP	3.63	2.18
WHIP	1.20	0.96
K/9	9.7	13.0
BB/9	3.2	2.8
FIP−	87	52
WAR	3.0	2.2

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	Sean Burke	Cade Smith
G	64	219
GS	52	0
IP	325.2	223.0
W	17	20
L	18	7
SV	0	58
SO	340	314
BB	132	59
ERA	3.59	2.26
WHIP	1.29	0.96
K/9	9.4	12.7
BB/9	3.6	2.4
HR/9	1.2	0.4
WAR	3.6	7.4

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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.