Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Maikel Garcia

So far in 2026 Byron Buxton has been worth 2.4 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.

Byron Buxton MIN

Maikel Garcia KC

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Maikel Garcia
G	93	77
PA	408	322
H	94	77
HR	25	3
RBI	46	34
SB	7	5
AVG	.254	.261
OBP	.319	.317
SLG	.511	.376
OPS	.829	.693
ISO	.257	.115
BB%	7.4%	7.8%
K%	24.5%	15.2%
wOBA	.355	.309
wRC+	128	90
WAR	2.9	0.5

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	Maikel Garcia
G	959	523
PA	3,825	2,152
H	862	513
2B	196	106
3B	32	17
HR	193	30
RBI	482	218
BB	264	168
SO	1,078	356
SB	124	88
AVG	.248	.263
SLG	.490	.381
WAR	22.9	7.1

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

Byron Buxton vs

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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.