Head to head · Career batting

Nolan Arenado vs Mookie Betts

In 2026 Nolan Arenado has been worth 0.8 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.

Nolan Arenado AZ

Mookie Betts LAD

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	Nolan Arenado	Mookie Betts
G	1,936	1,646
PA	8,113	7,464
H	2,057	1,890
2B	430	419
3B	35	41
HR	383	314
RBI	1,270	982
BB	629	783
SO	1,214	982
SB	35	198
AVG	.280	.288
SLG	.505	.508
WAR	50.5	58.8

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Nolan Arenado	Mookie Betts
G	152	123
PA	599	528
H	136	123
HR	30	23
RBI	86	69
SB	4	2
AVG	.255	.257
OBP	.331	.326
SLG	.475	.454
OPS	.806	.780
ISO	.220	.197
BB%	8.7%	8.9%
K%	20.0%	11.0%
wOBA	.350	.340
wRC+	123	115
WAR	3.9	3.1

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	Nolan Arenado	Mookie Betts
G	8	99
PA	35	455
H	5	98
HR	1	8
RBI	3	42
BB	0	56
SO	9	67
SB	0	16
AVG	.152	.250
OBP	.143	.343
SLG	.242	.383
OPS	.385	.726

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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.