Cade Smith stats

Guardians

Relief Pitcher · #36

Age 27 · 6' 5" · 230 lbs

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Cade Smith recorded 6 wins, a 1.95 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 69 games of 2026 for the Cleveland Guardians. Last game: .

Stats

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Standard

GP
69
W
6
L
1
ERA
1.95
IP
74.0
K
107
BB
23
WHIP
0.96
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
2024CLE74611.9175.1103170.90
2025CLE76852.9373.2104191.00
2026CLE69611.9574.0107230.96

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career regular season

GP
219
W
20
L
7
ERA
2.26
IP
223.0
K
314
BB
59
WHIP
0.96

Career Postseason

GP
21
W
2
L
0
ERA
2.55
IP
24.2
K
34
BB
6
WHIP
0.61

Expanded

QS
0
CG
0
SHO
0
K/9
13.0
GB
66
FB
95
G/F
0.70
WP
6
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2024CLE00012.374920.80
2025CLE00012.7631100.63
2026CLE00013.066950.76

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
0
SHO
0
K/9
12.7
GB
203
FB
297
G/F
0.70
WP
9

Bio

Age
27 yearsMay 9, 1999
Height
6' 5"
Weight
230 lbs
Experience
3 yearsDebut 2024
Birthplace
Vancouver, Canada

Latest performance

Cade Smith

Oct 19 · @ TB · L 7-3

IP
1.0
H
1
R
2
ER
2
BB
1
K
0
HR
1
ERA
2.38

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Mon, Oct 19atTBL 7-311220
Sun, Oct 18vsTBL 3-11.11001
Thu, Oct 15vsTBW 3-21.10002
Mon, Oct 12atTBW 7-310000
Sat, Oct 10vsCHWW 2-01.20004
Thu, Oct 08atCHWW 9-512111

What are Cade Smith's career stats?

Cade Smith has played 3 seasons for the Guardians. He has 20 wins and 314 strikeouts with a 2.26 ERA over 223.0 innings. His best season so far is 2025: 8 wins, a 2.93 ERA and 104 strikeouts.

Best single games

  • Strikeouts (Pitching): 5 @ OAK on Mar 30, 2024, W 12-3
Cade Smith's best game in each stat, by season
K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
20265
20253
20245

What the columns mean: K

Regular season only, from MLB game logs since 2024.

League leaderboards and awards

3 seasons, 3 postseasons, 2024 to 2026

Cade Smith led MLB in saves (2026); finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Cade Smith

Playoff series

Cade Smith played 21 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 5 series — 2 won, 3 lost.

Cade Smith's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2026CHWWon 3-256.22111
2026TBLost 2-244.2223
2025DETLost 1-233.1004
2024DETWon 3-256.12112
2024NYYLost 1-343.2334

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Cade Smith’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.