Head to head · Career batting

Albert Pujols vs Joey Votto

In 2022 Albert Pujols 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.

Albert Pujols STL

Joey Votto CIN

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	Joey Votto
G	2,447	2,052
PA	10,313	8,746
H	2,597	2,135
2B	497	459
3B	7	22
HR	543	356
RBI	1,714	1,144
BB	1,069	1,365
SO	1,125	1,640
SB	104	80
AVG	.287	.294
SLG	.523	.511
WAR	55.2	68.4

2022 season

2022 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Albert Pujols	Joey Votto
G	109	91
PA	351	376
H	83	66
HR	24	11
RBI	68	41
SB	1	0
AVG	.270	.205
OBP	.345	.319
SLG	.550	.370
OPS	.895	.689
ISO	.280	.165
BB%	8.0%	11.7%
K%	15.7%	25.8%
wOBA	.382	.313
wRC+	153	96
WAR	2.3	0.4

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	Joey Votto
G	60	11
PA	238	47
H	63	10
HR	11	0
RBI	33	1
BB	35	5
SO	32	12
SB	1	0
AVG	.317	.244
OBP	.424	.319
SLG	.548	.244
OPS	.972	.563

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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.