Players · N · Pitcher · 2026
Sean Newcomb
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 255 lb
- Number
- #15
- Born
- June 12, 1993 in Brockton, MA, United States
- MLB debut
- June 10, 2017
- Drafted
- 2014, round 1
- College
- Hartford
- High school
- Middleboro
- Salary, 2026
- $4.5M
- dbWAR
- 6.1 14 season(s)
- IP
- 88.0
- ERA
- 3.17
- FIP
- 3.27
- K/9
- 8.2
- FIP−
- 78 100 = avg
Sean Newcomb is a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2026 he struck out 80 batters over 88.0 innings across 58 appearances, going 2-5. His ERA of 3.17 is 24.1% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 18 on his team, and 117th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.27 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 23.0% of swings (10.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.0%. His 1.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CWS | 58 | 6 | 88.0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 72 | 31 | 80 | 33 | 3.17 | 3.27 | 1.19 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 76 | 78 | 1.5 | |
| 2025 | ATH/BOS | 48 | 5 | 92.1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 94 | 28 | 91 | 31 | 2.73 | 3.04 | 1.35 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 66 | 73 | 1.9 | |
| 2024 | OAK | 7 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6.30 | 7.07 | 1.70 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 154 | 173 | -0.3 | |
| 2023 | OAK | 7 | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 3.00 | 4.06 | 1.13 | 10.2 | 5.4 | 69 | 94 | 0.2 | |
| 2022 | CHC/ATL | 20 | 1 | 27.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 8.78 | 6.91 | 1.88 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 221 | 174 | -0.8 | |
| 2021 | ATL | 32 | 0 | 32.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 43 | 27 | 4.73 | 3.60 | 1.70 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 111 | 84 | 0.5 | |
| 2020 | ATL | 4 | 4 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 11.20 | 7.51 | 1.90 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 251 | 169 | -0.3 | |
| 2019 | ATL | 55 | 4 | 68.1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 24 | 65 | 29 | 3.16 | 4.24 | 1.32 | 8.6 | 3.8 | 70 | 94 | 0.6 | |
| 2018 | ATL | 31 | 30 | 164.0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 137 | 71 | 160 | 81 | 3.90 | 4.14 | 1.33 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 94 | 100 | 2.1 | |
| 2017 | ATL | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 100 | 48 | 108 | 57 | 4.32 | 4.19 | 1.57 | 9.7 | 5.1 | 99 | 96 | 1.4 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 146 | 127 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 31 | .236 | .331 | .315 | .298 | 21.2% |
| vs RHB | 217 | 192 | 42 | 3 | 18 | 49 | .219 | .301 | .333 | .285 | 22.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Sean Newcomb throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 565 | 94.9 | 2,260 | 55.4% | 26.9% | 122 | .205 | .603 | |
| Slurve | 444 | 82.8 | 2,853 | 47.5% | 30.2% | 81 | .173 | .520 | |
| Sinker | 302 | 93.6 | 2,256 | 43.0% | 11.7% | 85 | .329 | .859 | |
| Curveball | 57 | 80.8 | 2,996 | 31.6% | 17.4% | 16 | .000 | .059 | |
| Changeup | 42 | 86.8 | 1,493 | 26.2% | 4.8% | 12 | — | — | |
| Cutter | 23 | 91.2 | 2,515 | 21.7% | 0.0% | 4 | — | — |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.