Head to head · 2026 batting

Pete Alonso vs Michael Busch

In 2026 Pete Alonso has been worth 2.6 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.

Two of the 6 most valuable first basemen of 2025 by dbWAR.
Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Pete Alonso BAL

Michael Busch CHC

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Pete Alonso	Michael Busch
G	161	160
PA	700	710
H	161	145
HR	43	20
RBI	113	77
SB	5	3
AVG	.267	.242
OBP	.363	.352
SLG	.522	.393
OPS	.884	.745
ISO	.254	.152
BB%	11.6%	13.0%
K%	24.1%	23.2%
wOBA	.381	.336
wRC+	148	111
WAR	4.9	2.3

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	Pete Alonso	Michael Busch
G	16	10
PA	70	38
H	15	8
HR	5	4
RBI	11	4
BB	14	5
SO	19	5
SB	2	0
AVG	.278	.250
OBP	.429	.368
SLG	.574	.625
OPS	1.003	.993

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	Pete Alonso	Michael Busch
G	1,168	489
PA	5,016	1,950
H	1,112	417
2B	207	83
3B	8	9
HR	307	77
RBI	825	239
BB	500	219
SO	1,153	493
SB	23	10
AVG	.255	.246
SLG	.517	.443
WAR	28.5	8.7

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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.