Head to head · 2026 batting

Starling Marte vs Dominic Smith

So far in 2026 Dominic Smith has been worth 0.5 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.

Starling Marte KC

Dominic Smith ATL

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Starling Marte	Dominic Smith
G	56	104
PA	168	293
H	37	67
HR	2	8
RBI	14	44
SB	2	0
AVG	.242	.255
OBP	.298	.312
SLG	.314	.376
OPS	.611	.688
ISO	.072	.122
BB%	5.4%	7.5%
K%	24.4%	15.7%
wOBA	.278	.304
wRC+	69	88
WAR	-0.5	-0.0

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	Starling Marte	Dominic Smith
G	1,260	834
PA	5,182	2,784
H	1,346	629
2B	238	139
3B	33	5
HR	135	77
RBI	573	336
BB	285	207
SO	989	589
SB	280	7
AVG	.284	.250
SLG	.434	.402
WAR	25.8	3.5

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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.