Head to head · 2026 batting

Aaron Judge vs Esmerlyn Valdez

In 2026 Esmerlyn Valdez has been worth 0.1 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.

Aaron Judge NYY

Esmerlyn Valdez PIT

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Aaron Judge	Esmerlyn Valdez
G	66	72
PA	285	287
H	57	56
HR	18	17
RBI	41	47
SB	5	0
AVG	.241	.232
OBP	.360	.345
SLG	.511	.510
OPS	.871	.855
ISO	.270	.278
BB%	15.1%	14.6%
K%	29.8%	37.6%
wOBA	.374	.370
wRC+	134	131
WAR	1.6	1.7

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	Aaron Judge	Esmerlyn Valdez
G	1,209	72
PA	5,287	287
H	1,262	56
2B	213	14
3B	7	1
HR	386	17
RBI	871	47
BB	860	42
SO	1,454	108
SB	70	0
AVG	.291	.232
SLG	.610	.510
WAR	58.6	1.7

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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.