Head to head · 2026 batting

Willson Contreras vs Jackson Merrill

In 2026 Willson Contreras 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.

Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Willson Contreras BOS

Jackson Merrill SD

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Willson Contreras	Jackson Merrill
G	129	157
PA	535	664
H	123	156
HR	27	26
RBI	81	87
SB	3	27
AVG	.275	.254
OBP	.386	.303
SLG	.516	.440
OPS	.901	.743
ISO	.241	.186
BB%	11.0%	6.2%
K%	25.2%	24.1%
wOBA	.394	.322
wRC+	150	106
WAR	4.2	3.6

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	Willson Contreras	Jackson Merrill
G	30	16
PA	102	64
H	20	16
HR	4	2
RBI	8	9
BB	15	5
SO	24	16
SB	0	2
AVG	.238	.281
OBP	.373	.333
SLG	.417	.474
OPS	.789	.807

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	Willson Contreras	Jackson Merrill
G	1,196	425
PA	4,810	1,740
H	1,077	434
2B	229	82
3B	14	17
HR	199	66
RBI	629	244
BB	478	103
SO	1,170	369
SB	40	44
AVG	.260	.270
SLG	.466	.465
WAR	32.4	11.3

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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.