Head to head · 2026 batting

Max Kepler vs Miguel Vargas

In 2026 Miguel Vargas has been worth 6.1 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.

Max Kepler AZ

Miguel Vargas CWS

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Max Kepler	Miguel Vargas
G	41	159
PA	145	704
H	27	147
HR	2	33
RBI	15	93
SB	0	22
AVG	.205	.250
OBP	.262	.363
SLG	.303	.474
OPS	.565	.837
ISO	.098	.224
BB%	7.6%	14.3%
K%	22.1%	17.9%
wOBA	.251	.366
wRC+	53	135
WAR	-0.5	5.6

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	Max Kepler	Miguel Vargas
G	16	7
PA	64	32
H	8	4
HR	0	1
RBI	0	1
BB	11	10
SO	16	6
SB	1	1
AVG	.151	.182
OBP	.297	.438
SLG	.264	.318
OPS	.561	.756

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	Max Kepler	Miguel Vargas
G	1,223	466
PA	4,870	1,864
H	1,010	354
2B	231	86
3B	16	7
HR	181	62
RBI	575	209
BB	471	222
SO	914	357
SB	38	35
AVG	.234	.221
SLG	.421	.400
WAR	12.1	6.8

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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.