Head to head · Career batting

Ryan Braun vs Manny Machado

In 2020 Manny Machado has been worth 2.2 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

Manny Machado SD

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	Manny Machado
G	1,765	2,052
PA	7,339	8,872
H	1,963	2,197
2B	408	418
3B	49	18
HR	352	399
RBI	1,154	1,235
BB	586	739
SO	1,363	1,577
SB	216	118
AVG	.296	.274
SLG	.532	.480
WAR	52.9	52.3

2020 season

2020 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Ryan Braun	Manny Machado
G	39	60
PA	141	254
H	30	68
HR	8	16
RBI	26	47
SB	1	6
AVG	.233	.304
OBP	.281	.370
SLG	.488	.580
OPS	.769	.950
ISO	.256	.277
BB%	5.0%	10.2%
K%	19.1%	14.6%
wOBA	.323	.393
wRC+	100	150
WAR	0.2	2.4

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	Ryan Braun	Manny Machado
G	27	57
PA	114	243
H	35	49
HR	2	13
RBI	16	32
BB	6	18
SO	28	60
SB	3	1
AVG	.330	.222
OBP	.368	.282
SLG	.491	.439
OPS	.859	.721

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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.