Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Matt Olson

In 2026 Matt Olson has been worth 0.2 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.

Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
Both among the 25 most valuable hitters of 2025 by dbWAR.

Byron Buxton MIN

Matt Olson ATL

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Matt Olson
G	93	162
PA	408	698
H	94	157
HR	25	41
RBI	46	93
SB	7	4
AVG	.254	.251
OBP	.319	.321
SLG	.511	.502
OPS	.829	.823
ISO	.257	.251
BB%	7.4%	9.2%
K%	24.5%	24.5%
wOBA	.355	.352
wRC+	128	121
WAR	2.9	3.1

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	Matt Olson
G	4	26
PA	7	108
H	1	17
HR	0	5
RBI	1	11
BB	0	16
SO	4	27
SB	2	0
AVG	.143	.187
OBP	.143	.306
SLG	.143	.352
OPS	.286	.657

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	Matt Olson
G	959	1,381
PA	3,825	5,895
H	862	1,312
2B	196	284
3B	32	7
HR	193	329
RBI	482	901
BB	264	677
SO	1,078	1,409
SB	124	13
AVG	.248	.256
SLG	.490	.507
WAR	22.9	33.0

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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.