Head to head · Career batting

Albert Pujols vs David Wright

In 2018 David Wright 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.

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

Albert Pujols LAA

David Wright NYM

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	Albert Pujols	David Wright
G	2,447	1,516
PA	10,313	6,589
H	2,597	1,700
2B	497	373
3B	7	25
HR	543	228
RBI	1,714	930
BB	1,069	748
SO	1,125	1,252
SB	104	190
AVG	.287	.296
SLG	.523	.489
WAR	55.2	51.9

2018 season

2018 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Albert Pujols	David Wright
G	117	2
PA	498	3
H	114	0
HR	19	0
RBI	64	0
SB	1	0
AVG	.245	.000
OBP	.289	.333
SLG	.411	.000
OPS	.700	.333
ISO	.166	.000
BB%	5.6%	33.3%
K%	13.1%	0.0%
wOBA	.302	.235
wRC+	89	46
WAR	-0.4	-0.0

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	Albert Pujols	David Wright
G	60	24
PA	238	106
H	63	18
HR	11	2
RBI	33	13
BB	35	15
SO	32	28
SB	1	1
AVG	.317	.198
OBP	.424	.311
SLG	.548	.319
OPS	.972	.630

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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.