Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Rafael Flores 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.

Byron Buxton MIN

Rafael Flores Jr.PIT

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Rafael Flores Jr.
G	93	45
PA	408	163
H	94	39
HR	25	11
RBI	46	25
SB	7	0
AVG	.254	.264
OBP	.319	.331
SLG	.511	.527
OPS	.829	.858
ISO	.257	.264
BB%	7.4%	9.2%
K%	24.5%	27.6%
wOBA	.355	.368
wRC+	128	129
WAR	2.9	1.4

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	Rafael Flores Jr.
G	959	51
PA	3,825	180
H	862	42
2B	196	8
3B	32	0
HR	193	11
RBI	482	25
BB	264	17
SO	1,078	52
SB	124	0
AVG	.248	.258
SLG	.490	.509
WAR	22.9	1.4

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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.