Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Juan Soto

So far in 2026 Juan Soto 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.

Byron Buxton MIN

Juan Soto NYM

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Juan Soto
G	93	104
PA	408	449
H	94	102
HR	25	26
RBI	46	65
SB	7	9
AVG	.254	.273
OBP	.319	.391
SLG	.511	.523
OPS	.829	.913
ISO	.257	.249
BB%	7.4%	16.3%
K%	24.5%	14.0%
wOBA	.355	.391
wRC+	128	152
WAR	2.9	3.7

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	Juan Soto
G	959	1,200
PA	3,825	5,252
H	862	1,188
2B	196	210
3B	32	18
HR	193	270
RBI	482	762
BB	264	969
SO	1,078	896
SB	124	104
AVG	.248	.281
SLG	.490	.530
WAR	22.9	51.4

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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.