Head to head · Career batting

Manny Machado vs Juan Soto

In 2026 Juan Soto has been worth 2.2 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.

Manny Machado SD

Juan Soto NYM

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	Manny Machado	Juan Soto
G	2,052	1,207
PA	8,872	5,285
H	2,197	1,196
2B	418	210
3B	18	18
HR	399	271
RBI	1,235	765
BB	739	974
SO	1,577	898
SB	118	104
AVG	.274	.281
SLG	.480	.530
WAR	52.3	51.6

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Manny Machado	Juan Soto
G	158	111
PA	677	482
H	128	110
HR	30	27
RBI	91	68
SB	5	9
AVG	.217	.275
OBP	.303	.393
SLG	.407	.515
OPS	.711	.908
ISO	.190	.240
BB%	11.2%	16.2%
K%	21.3%	13.5%
wOBA	.312	.388
wRC+	99	150
WAR	1.7	3.9

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	Manny Machado	Juan Soto
G	57	43
PA	243	191
H	49	45
HR	13	11
RBI	32	30
BB	18	27
SO	60	40
SB	1	2
AVG	.222	.281
OBP	.282	.389
SLG	.439	.537
OPS	.721	.927

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

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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.