Head to head · Career batting

Jose Altuve vs Xander Bogaerts

In 2026 Xander Bogaerts has been worth 1.4 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

Xander Bogaerts 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	Jose Altuve	Xander Bogaerts
G	2,109	1,810
PA	9,269	7,675
H	2,519	1,942
2B	479	402
3B	34	19
HR	271	210
RBI	939	895
BB	696	670
SO	1,253	1,379
SB	330	148
AVG	.300	.283
SLG	.462	.438
WAR	64.2	50.1

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jose Altuve	Xander Bogaerts
G	135	153
PA	573	606
H	131	120
HR	16	13
RBI	50	57
SB	5	22
AVG	.250	.231
OBP	.306	.332
SLG	.395	.344
OPS	.701	.676
ISO	.145	.113
BB%	7.2%	12.7%
K%	19.9%	18.0%
wOBA	.309	.309
wRC+	96	97
WAR	1.5	2.9

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	Xander Bogaerts
G	107	60
PA	492	242
H	120	51
HR	28	7
RBI	57	23
BB	43	23
SO	76	49
SB	9	1
AVG	.270	.235
OBP	.335	.306
SLG	.507	.387
OPS	.842	.693

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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.