Head to head · 2026 batting

Max Kepler vs Miguel Vargas

So far in 2026 Miguel Vargas has been worth 5.9 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.

Max Kepler AZ

Miguel Vargas CWS

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Max Kepler	Miguel Vargas
G	41	153
PA	145	675
H	27	142
HR	2	33
RBI	15	88
SB	0	20
AVG	.205	.250
OBP	.262	.359
SLG	.303	.482
OPS	.565	.841
ISO	.098	.232
BB%	7.6%	13.8%
K%	22.1%	17.9%
wOBA	.251	.366
wRC+	53	134
WAR	-0.6	5.3

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	Max Kepler	Miguel Vargas
G	1,223	460
PA	4,870	1,835
H	1,010	349
2B	231	86
3B	16	7
HR	181	62
RBI	575	204
BB	471	214
SO	914	352
SB	38	33
AVG	.234	.221
SLG	.421	.402
WAR	12.1	6.5

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

Max Kepler vs

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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.