Head to head · Career batting

Jose Altuve vs Juan Soto

In 2026 Juan Soto 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

Juan Soto NYM

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	Juan Soto
G	2,109	1,207
PA	9,269	5,285
H	2,519	1,196
2B	479	210
3B	34	18
HR	271	271
RBI	939	765
BB	696	974
SO	1,253	898
SB	330	104
AVG	.300	.281
SLG	.462	.530
WAR	64.2	51.6

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jose Altuve	Juan Soto
G	135	111
PA	573	482
H	131	110
HR	16	27
RBI	50	68
SB	5	9
AVG	.250	.275
OBP	.306	.393
SLG	.395	.515
OPS	.701	.908
ISO	.145	.240
BB%	7.2%	16.2%
K%	19.9%	13.5%
wOBA	.309	.388
wRC+	96	150
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	Juan Soto
G	107	43
PA	492	191
H	120	45
HR	28	11
RBI	57	30
BB	43	27
SO	76	40
SB	9	2
AVG	.270	.281
OBP	.335	.389
SLG	.507	.537
OPS	.842	.927

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

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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.