Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs George Springer

In 2026 Byron Buxton has been worth 2.2 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.

Both among the 25 most valuable hitters of 2025 by dbWAR.

Byron Buxton MIN

George Springer TOR

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	George Springer
G	93	125
PA	408	517
H	94	115
HR	25	15
RBI	46	54
SB	7	12
AVG	.254	.249
OBP	.319	.321
SLG	.511	.405
OPS	.829	.726
ISO	.257	.156
BB%	7.4%	9.1%
K%	24.5%	18.4%
wOBA	.355	.323
wRC+	128	103
WAR	2.9	0.7

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	Byron Buxton	George Springer
G	4	83
PA	7	384
H	1	93
HR	0	23
RBI	1	48
BB	0	36
SO	4	91
SB	2	4
AVG	.143	.271
OBP	.143	.346
SLG	.143	.534
OPS	.286	.880

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	Byron Buxton	George Springer
G	959	1,564
PA	3,825	6,892
H	862	1,595
2B	196	272
3B	32	25
HR	193	308
RBI	482	850
BB	264	723
SO	1,078	1,410
SB	124	132
AVG	.248	.265
SLG	.490	.472
WAR	22.9	37.8

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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.