Head to head · 2026 batting

Bryce Harper vs Jackson Merrill

So far in 2026 Bryce Harper has been worth 0.6 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.

Bryce Harper PHI

Jackson Merrill SD

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Bryce Harper	Jackson Merrill
G	154	151
PA	662	641
H	149	151
HR	28	26
RBI	85	86
SB	7	26
AVG	.271	.255
OBP	.384	.305
SLG	.494	.447
OPS	.877	.751
ISO	.222	.191
BB%	15.7%	6.2%
K%	21.8%	24.0%
wOBA	.383	.325
wRC+	138	110
WAR	4.2	3.6

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	Bryce Harper	Jackson Merrill
G	1,582	419
PA	6,838	1,717
H	1,594	429
2B	373	81
3B	13	17
HR	336	66
RBI	987	243
BB	1,054	102
SO	1,480	363
SB	128	43
AVG	.281	.271
SLG	.529	.468
WAR	54.4	11.4

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

Bryce Harper 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.