Head to head · 2026 batting

Paul Goldschmidt vs Jarred Kelenic

So far in 2026 Paul Goldschmidt has been worth 1.1 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.

Paul Goldschmidt NYY

Jarred Kelenic CWS

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Paul Goldschmidt	Jarred Kelenic
G	101	34
PA	370	83
H	85	16
HR	18	1
RBI	50	6
SB	1	0
AVG	.253	.219
OBP	.316	.313
SLG	.455	.288
OPS	.772	.601
ISO	.202	.068
BB%	7.8%	12.0%
K%	23.0%	37.3%
wOBA	.335	.282
wRC+	107	75
WAR	1.0	-0.1

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, 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 table above.
Statistic	Paul Goldschmidt	Jarred Kelenic
G	1,704	434
PA	7,243	1,571
H	1,785	299
2B	362	65
3B	19	6
HR	307	50
RBI	980	162
BB	872	140
SO	1,626	486
SB	129	31
AVG	.285	.211
SLG	.496	.371
WAR	45.5	1.0

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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.