Head to head · 2026 batting

Josh Bell vs Max Kepler

So far in 2026 Josh Bell 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.

Josh Bell MIN

Max Kepler AZ

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Josh Bell	Max Kepler
G	148	41
PA	605	145
H	139	27
HR	20	2
RBI	89	15
SB	2	0
AVG	.254	.205
OBP	.316	.262
SLG	.419	.303
OPS	.735	.565
ISO	.165	.098
BB%	7.9%	7.6%
K%	20.0%	22.1%
wOBA	.324	.251
wRC+	106	53
WAR	0.6	-0.6

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	Josh Bell	Max Kepler
G	1,434	1,223
PA	5,764	4,870
H	1,292	1,010
2B	253	231
3B	21	16
HR	213	181
RBI	765	575
BB	625	471
SO	1,083	914
SB	6	38
AVG	.256	.234
SLG	.441	.421
WAR	15.9	12.1

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More head to heads

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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.