Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Francisco Lindor

In 2026 Byron Buxton has been worth 0.4 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

Francisco Lindor NYM

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Francisco Lindor
G	93	104
PA	408	469
H	94	94
HR	25	21
RBI	46	49
SB	7	3
AVG	.254	.225
OBP	.319	.309
SLG	.511	.423
OPS	.829	.733
ISO	.257	.199
BB%	7.4%	9.8%
K%	24.5%	20.3%
wOBA	.355	.324
wRC+	128	105
WAR	2.9	2.5

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	Francisco Lindor
G	4	41
PA	7	179
H	1	41
HR	0	8
RBI	1	21
BB	0	20
SO	4	42
SB	2	2
AVG	.143	.263
OBP	.143	.348
SLG	.143	.474
OPS	.286	.823

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	Francisco Lindor
G	959	1,639
PA	3,825	7,317
H	862	1,758
2B	196	351
3B	32	30
HR	193	300
RBI	482	905
BB	264	634
SO	1,078	1,215
SB	124	219
AVG	.248	.270
SLG	.490	.472
WAR	22.9	54.8

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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.