Head to head · 2026 batting

Javier Báez vs Alek Thomas

In 2026 Javier Báez has been worth 0.3 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 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Javier Báez DET

Alek Thomas AZ

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Javier Báez	Alek Thomas
G	56	34
PA	196	120
H	45	21
HR	3	2
RBI	20	13
SB	1	4
AVG	.241	.186
OBP	.270	.227
SLG	.364	.327
OPS	.634	.554
ISO	.123	.142
BB%	3.1%	3.3%
K%	20.9%	22.5%
wOBA	.278	.244
wRC+	74	48
WAR	0.0	-0.3

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	Javier Báez	Alek Thomas
G	43	17
PA	161	59
H	37	12
HR	6	4
RBI	19	6
BB	6	4
SO	44	13
SB	8	2
AVG	.240	.222
OBP	.267	.271
SLG	.403	.463
OPS	.670	.734

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	Javier Báez	Alek Thomas
G	1,377	425
PA	5,314	1,505
H	1,251	321
2B	246	68
3B	31	10
HR	196	31
RBI	705	146
BB	234	73
SO	1,444	326
SB	116	28
AVG	.251	.230
SLG	.431	.360
WAR	18.5	1.6

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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.