Head to head · 2026 batting

Xander Bogaerts vs Richie Palacios

In 2026 Xander Bogaerts has been worth 1.2 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.

Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Xander Bogaerts SD

Richie Palacios TB

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Xander Bogaerts	Richie Palacios
G	153	122
PA	606	399
H	120	81
HR	13	10
RBI	57	57
SB	22	17
AVG	.231	.235
OBP	.332	.330
SLG	.344	.374
OPS	.676	.704
ISO	.113	.139
BB%	12.7%	11.5%
K%	18.0%	17.0%
wOBA	.309	.319
wRC+	97	100
WAR	2.9	1.7

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	Richie Palacios
G	60	10
PA	242	32
H	51	8
HR	7	0
RBI	23	4
BB	23	0
SO	49	8
SB	1	1
AVG	.235	.258
OBP	.306	.258
SLG	.387	.355
OPS	.693	.613

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	Richie Palacios
G	1,810	313
PA	7,675	988
H	1,942	204
2B	402	36
3B	19	3
HR	210	22
RBI	895	107
BB	670	111
SO	1,379	175
SB	148	44
AVG	.283	.238
SLG	.438	.364
WAR	50.1	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.