Head to head · Career batting

Xander Bogaerts vs Paul Goldschmidt

In 2026 Xander Bogaerts has been worth 2.0 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.

Xander Bogaerts SD

Paul Goldschmidt NYY

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	Xander Bogaerts	Paul Goldschmidt
G	1,810	2,169
PA	7,675	9,206
H	1,942	2,277
2B	402	490
3B	19	25
HR	210	390
RBI	895	1,284
BB	670	1,115
SO	1,379	2,065
SB	148	175
AVG	.283	.286
SLG	.438	.501
WAR	50.1	59.7

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Xander Bogaerts	Paul Goldschmidt
G	153	104
PA	606	380
H	120	87
HR	13	18
RBI	57	52
SB	22	1
AVG	.231	.252
OBP	.332	.313
SLG	.344	.452
OPS	.676	.765
ISO	.113	.200
BB%	12.7%	7.6%
K%	18.0%	22.6%
wOBA	.309	.332
wRC+	97	105
WAR	2.9	0.9

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	Xander Bogaerts	Paul Goldschmidt
G	60	32
PA	242	121
H	51	28
HR	7	8
RBI	23	16
BB	23	11
SO	49	28
SB	1	1
AVG	.235	.262
OBP	.306	.347
SLG	.387	.533
OPS	.693	.880

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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.