Head to head · 2026 Wild Card Series batting

Xander Bogaerts vs Michael Busch

In 2026 Xander Bogaerts 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.

Opponents in the 2026 Wild Card Series, where the San Diego Padres won 2-0 over the Chicago Cubs.

Xander Bogaerts SD

Michael Busch CHC

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

2026 Wild Card Series.
Statistic	Xander Bogaerts	Michael Busch
G	2	2
PA	8	7
H	4	0
HR	1	0
RBI	2	0
BB	0	2
SO	1	1
SB	0	0
AVG	.500	.000
OBP	.500	.286
SLG	1.000	.000
OPS	1.500	.286

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Xander Bogaerts	Michael Busch
G	60	10
PA	242	38
H	51	8
HR	7	4
RBI	23	4
BB	23	5
SO	49	5
SB	1	0
AVG	.235	.250
OBP	.306	.368
SLG	.387	.625
OPS	.693	.993

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Xander Bogaerts	Michael Busch
G	153	160
PA	606	710
H	120	145
HR	13	20
RBI	57	77
SB	22	3
AVG	.231	.242
OBP	.332	.352
SLG	.344	.393
OPS	.676	.745
ISO	.113	.152
BB%	12.7%	13.0%
K%	18.0%	23.2%
wOBA	.309	.336
wRC+	97	111
WAR	2.9	2.3

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	Michael Busch
G	1,810	489
PA	7,675	1,950
H	1,942	417
2B	402	83
3B	19	9
HR	210	77
RBI	895	239
BB	670	219
SO	1,379	493
SB	148	10
AVG	.283	.246
SLG	.438	.443
WAR	50.1	8.7

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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.