Head to head · 2026 batting

Jake Bauers vs Bryce Harper

In 2026 Jake Bauers has been worth 0.1 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 2026 by dbWAR.
Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Jake Bauers MIL

Bryce Harper PHI

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Bryce Harper
G	144	161
PA	578	693
H	127	155
HR	26	29
RBI	86	87
SB	11	7
AVG	.266	.269
OBP	.389	.380
SLG	.484	.485
OPS	.874	.865
ISO	.218	.217
BB%	16.3%	15.4%
K%	27.0%	21.4%
wOBA	.384	.378
wRC+	145	136
WAR	4.4	4.3

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	Jake Bauers	Bryce Harper
G	21	60
PA	78	263
H	15	60
HR	3	18
RBI	10	36
BB	11	38
SO	25	61
SB	1	8
AVG	.227	.271
OBP	.346	.382
SLG	.394	.593
OPS	.740	.974

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	Jake Bauers	Bryce Harper
G	743	1,946
PA	2,540	8,358
H	487	1,956
2B	100	433
3B	7	27
HR	84	392
RBI	297	1,138
BB	321	1,212
SO	725	1,802
SB	50	159
AVG	.223	.279
SLG	.391	.516
WAR	6.2	63.4

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More head to heads

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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.