Head to head · 2026 NLCS batting

Jake Bauers vs Shohei Ohtani

In 2026 Jake Bauers has been worth 0.6 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.

Opponents in the 2026 NLCS, where the Milwaukee Brewers won 4-0 over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Jake Bauers MIL

Shohei Ohtani LAD

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

2026 NLCS.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Shohei Ohtani
G	4	4
PA	17	16
H	4	3
HR	1	1
RBI	6	3
BB	3	2
SO	7	6
SB	0	0
AVG	.286	.231
OBP	.412	.375
SLG	.571	.462
OPS	.983	.837

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Shohei Ohtani
G	21	41
PA	78	192
H	15	37
HR	3	12
RBI	10	27
BB	11	33
SO	25	55
SB	1	2
AVG	.227	.239
OBP	.346	.379
SLG	.394	.510
OPS	.740	.889

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Shohei Ohtani
G	144	135
PA	578	618
H	127	144
HR	26	30
RBI	86	81
SB	11	11
AVG	.266	.275
OBP	.389	.377
SLG	.484	.512
OPS	.874	.889
ISO	.218	.237
BB%	16.3%	13.1%
K%	27.0%	24.6%
wOBA	.384	.379
wRC+	145	143
WAR	4.4	3.8

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	Shohei Ohtani
G	743	1,153
PA	2,540	4,947
H	487	1,194
2B	100	218
3B	7	49
HR	84	310
RBI	297	750
BB	321	622
SO	725	1,256
SB	50	176
AVG	.223	.281
SLG	.391	.574
WAR	6.2	41.9

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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.