Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Matt Olson

So far in 2026 Matt Olson has been worth 0.5 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.

Byron Buxton MIN

Matt Olson ATL

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Matt Olson
G	93	155
PA	408	671
H	94	153
HR	25	40
RBI	46	89
SB	7	4
AVG	.254	.255
OBP	.319	.326
SLG	.511	.509
OPS	.829	.836
ISO	.257	.255
BB%	7.4%	9.4%
K%	24.5%	24.9%
wOBA	.355	.358
wRC+	128	125
WAR	2.9	3.4

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	Byron Buxton	Matt Olson
G	959	1,374
PA	3,825	5,868
H	862	1,308
2B	196	283
3B	32	7
HR	193	328
RBI	482	897
BB	264	676
SO	1,078	1,405
SB	124	13
AVG	.248	.257
SLG	.490	.508
WAR	22.9	33.3

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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.