Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Gunnar Henderson

In 2026 Gunnar Henderson has been worth 0.3 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

Gunnar Henderson BAL

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Gunnar Henderson
G	93	158
PA	408	702
H	94	141
HR	25	24
RBI	46	60
SB	7	10
AVG	.254	.226
OBP	.319	.311
SLG	.511	.404
OPS	.829	.715
ISO	.257	.178
BB%	7.4%	9.5%
K%	24.5%	22.2%
wOBA	.355	.316
wRC+	128	102
WAR	2.9	3.2

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	Gunnar Henderson
G	4	5
PA	7	22
H	1	6
HR	0	1
RBI	1	2
BB	0	3
SO	4	8
SB	2	0
AVG	.143	.316
OBP	.143	.409
SLG	.143	.474
OPS	.286	.883

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	Gunnar Henderson
G	959	655
PA	3,825	2,826
H	862	649
2B	196	128
3B	32	28
HR	193	110
RBI	482	320
BB	264	279
SO	1,078	645
SB	124	72
AVG	.248	.259
SLG	.490	.464
WAR	22.9	21.9

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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.