Head to head · 2026 batting

Josh Bell vs Carson Kelly

In 2026 Carson Kelly has been worth 1.1 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.

Josh Bell MIN

Carson Kelly CHC

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Josh Bell	Carson Kelly
G	154	116
PA	631	425
H	145	98
HR	21	10
RBI	96	58
SB	2	0
AVG	.255	.258
OBP	.319	.336
SLG	.419	.376
OPS	.738	.713
ISO	.164	.118
BB%	8.2%	9.4%
K%	19.7%	16.5%
wOBA	.325	.322
wRC+	106	102
WAR	0.7	1.8

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	Josh Bell	Carson Kelly
G	12	10
PA	45	37
H	13	6
HR	2	1
RBI	6	1
BB	1	1
SO	13	13
SB	0	0
AVG	.295	.176
OBP	.311	.243
SLG	.500	.265
OPS	.811	.508

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	Josh Bell	Carson Kelly
G	1,440	755
PA	5,790	2,648
H	1,298	547
2B	253	99
3B	21	3
HR	214	81
RBI	772	315
BB	629	259
SO	1,086	518
SB	6	5
AVG	.256	.234
SLG	.441	.382
WAR	16.0	9.9

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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.