Head to head · Career batting

Ryan Braun vs Chase Utley

In 2018 Ryan Braun has been worth 1.5 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.

Ryan Braun MIL

Chase Utley LAD

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	Ryan Braun	Chase Utley
G	1,765	1,793
PA	7,339	7,424
H	1,963	1,782
2B	408	390
3B	49	55
HR	352	244
RBI	1,154	947
BB	586	698
SO	1,363	1,131
SB	216	148
AVG	.296	.276
SLG	.532	.467
WAR	52.9	54.0

2018 season

2018 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Ryan Braun	Chase Utley
G	125	83
PA	447	187
H	103	35
HR	20	1
RBI	64	14
SB	11	3
AVG	.254	.213
OBP	.313	.305
SLG	.469	.305
OPS	.782	.610
ISO	.215	.091
BB%	7.6%	9.1%
K%	19.0%	18.2%
wOBA	.334	.275
wRC+	110	73
WAR	1.5	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	Ryan Braun	Chase Utley
G	27	67
PA	114	258
H	35	47
HR	2	10
RBI	16	27
BB	6	39
SO	28	52
SB	3	11
AVG	.330	.224
OBP	.368	.364
SLG	.491	.410
OPS	.859	.774

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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.