Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Victor Mesa Jr.

In 2026 Byron Buxton has been worth 1.5 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.

Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Byron Buxton MIN

Victor Mesa Jr.TB

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Victor Mesa Jr.
G	93	74
PA	408	262
H	94	60
HR	25	14
RBI	46	34
SB	7	9
AVG	.254	.255
OBP	.319	.323
SLG	.511	.489
OPS	.829	.812
ISO	.257	.234
BB%	7.4%	8.8%
K%	24.5%	20.2%
wOBA	.355	.352
wRC+	128	123
WAR	2.9	1.4

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	Victor Mesa Jr.
G	4	14
PA	7	48
H	1	6
HR	0	1
RBI	1	2
BB	0	5
SO	4	17
SB	2	2
AVG	.143	.140
OBP	.143	.229
SLG	.143	.209
OPS	.286	.438

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	Victor Mesa Jr.
G	959	88
PA	3,825	300
H	862	66
2B	196	9
3B	32	3
HR	193	15
RBI	482	40
BB	264	28
SO	1,078	58
SB	124	9
AVG	.248	.247
SLG	.490	.472
WAR	22.9	1.5

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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.