Head to head · 2024 batting

Whit Merrifield vs Richie Palacios

In 2024 Richie Palacios 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.

Whit Merrifield PHI

Richie Palacios TB

2024 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Whit Merrifield	Richie Palacios
G	94	90
PA	335	316
H	65	59
HR	4	5
RBI	15	21
SB	17	19
AVG	.222	.223
OBP	.311	.346
SLG	.314	.318
OPS	.625	.664
ISO	.092	.095
BB%	10.4%	14.2%
K%	15.5%	21.2%
wOBA	.286	.307
wRC+	82	96
WAR	0.6	1.2

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	Whit Merrifield	Richie Palacios
G	1,138	308
PA	4,866	970
H	1,249	200
2B	256	35
3B	29	3
HR	94	22
RBI	485	103
BB	315	109
SO	774	172
SB	218	42
AVG	.280	.238
SLG	.413	.365
WAR	17.8	3.6

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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.