Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Kerry Carpenter

So far in 2026 Byron Buxton has been worth 2.8 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

Kerry Carpenter DET

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Kerry Carpenter
G	93	81
PA	408	259
H	94	48
HR	25	13
RBI	46	36
SB	7	0
AVG	.254	.208
OBP	.319	.276
SLG	.511	.416
OPS	.829	.692
ISO	.257	.208
BB%	7.4%	6.9%
K%	24.5%	29.0%
wOBA	.355	.302
wRC+	128	90
WAR	2.9	0.1

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	Kerry Carpenter
G	959	446
PA	3,825	1,591
H	862	374
2B	196	60
3B	32	15
HR	193	83
RBI	482	229
BB	264	96
SO	1,078	403
SB	124	7
AVG	.248	.258
SLG	.490	.492
WAR	22.9	6.6

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

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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.