Head to head · Career batting

David Ortiz vs Hanley Ramirez

In 2016 David Ortiz has been worth 1.9 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.

Two of the 25 most valuable batting careers on this site, 2005–2026, by dbWAR.

David Ortiz BOS

Hanley Ramirez BOS

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 batting totals. AVG and SLG are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; OBP, wOBA and wRC+ need each season’s own constants and are left to the season table.
Statistic	David Ortiz	Hanley Ramirez
G	1,674	1,662
PA	7,220	7,127
H	1,775	1,834
2B	438	375
3B	11	32
HR	411	271
RBI	1,290	917
BB	1,000	660
SO	1,195	1,234
SB	13	281
AVG	.289	.289
SLG	.565	.486
WAR	48.8	51.9

2016 season

2016 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	David Ortiz	Hanley Ramirez
G	151	147
PA	626	620
H	169	157
HR	38	30
RBI	127	111
SB	2	9
AVG	.315	.286
OBP	.401	.361
SLG	.620	.505
OPS	1.021	.866
ISO	.305	.219
BB%	12.8%	9.7%
K%	13.7%	19.4%
wOBA	.425	.372
wRC+	161	127
WAR	5.1	3.2

Postseason

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

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	David Ortiz	Hanley Ramirez
G	50	20
PA	219	80
H	49	27
HR	10	1
RBI	30	14
BB	41	7
SO	37	13
SB	0	2
AVG	.283	.380
OBP	.416	.450
SLG	.549	.577
OPS	.965	1.027

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How these are computed

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. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.