Head to head · Career batting

Jose Altuve vs Nolan Arenado

In 2026 Nolan Arenado has been worth 2.4 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.

Jose Altuve HOU

Nolan Arenado AZ

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	Jose Altuve	Nolan Arenado
G	2,109	1,936
PA	9,269	8,113
H	2,519	2,057
2B	479	430
3B	34	35
HR	271	383
RBI	939	1,270
BB	696	629
SO	1,253	1,214
SB	330	35
AVG	.300	.280
SLG	.462	.505
WAR	64.2	50.5

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jose Altuve	Nolan Arenado
G	135	152
PA	573	599
H	131	136
HR	16	30
RBI	50	86
SB	5	4
AVG	.250	.255
OBP	.306	.331
SLG	.395	.475
OPS	.701	.806
ISO	.145	.220
BB%	7.2%	8.7%
K%	19.9%	20.0%
wOBA	.309	.350
wRC+	96	123
WAR	1.5	3.9

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	Jose Altuve	Nolan Arenado
G	107	8
PA	492	35
H	120	5
HR	28	1
RBI	57	3
BB	43	0
SO	76	9
SB	9	0
AVG	.270	.152
OBP	.335	.143
SLG	.507	.242
OPS	.842	.385

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

Jose Altuve vs

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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.