Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Kyle Schwarber

In 2026 Kyle Schwarber has been worth 0.8 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

Kyle Schwarber PHI

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Kyle Schwarber
G	93	156
PA	408	701
H	94	135
HR	25	45
RBI	46	97
SB	7	3
AVG	.254	.232
OBP	.319	.354
SLG	.511	.503
OPS	.829	.857
ISO	.257	.270
BB%	7.4%	15.0%
K%	24.5%	31.4%
wOBA	.355	.371
wRC+	128	130
WAR	2.9	3.7

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	Kyle Schwarber
G	4	76
PA	7	309
H	1	61
HR	0	24
RBI	1	38
BB	0	48
SO	4	83
SB	2	5
AVG	.143	.239
OBP	.143	.366
SLG	.143	.549
OPS	.286	.915

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	Kyle Schwarber
G	959	1,446
PA	3,825	6,085
H	862	1,185
2B	196	195
3B	32	15
HR	193	385
RBI	482	881
BB	264	869
SO	1,078	1,747
SB	124	40
AVG	.248	.231
SLG	.490	.500
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.