Head to head · 2026 batting

Jake Bauers vs Will Benson

So far in 2026 Jake Bauers has been worth 4.4 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.

Jake Bauers MIL

Will Benson CIN

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Will Benson
G	137	48
PA	548	114
H	121	18
HR	26	3
RBI	83	6
SB	11	1
AVG	.268	.188
OBP	.394	.310
SLG	.494	.333
OPS	.889	.643
ISO	.226	.146
BB%	16.6%	14.0%
K%	26.1%	33.3%
wOBA	.390	.294
wRC+	150	85
WAR	4.5	0.1

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	Jake Bauers	Will Benson
G	736	388
PA	2,510	1,145
H	481	223
2B	98	46
3B	7	13
HR	84	40
RBI	294	124
BB	318	115
SO	712	381
SB	50	38
AVG	.223	.221
SLG	.392	.410
WAR	6.4	2.7

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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.