Head to head · 2026 World Series batting

Jake Bauers vs Victor Mesa Jr.

In 2026 Jake Bauers has been worth 3.0 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 World Series, where the Milwaukee Brewers won 4-1 over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Jake Bauers MIL

Victor Mesa Jr.TB

Postseason

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

2026 World Series.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Victor Mesa Jr.
G	5	5
PA	24	14
H	2	2
HR	0	0
RBI	0	0
BB	3	2
SO	6	5
SB	0	0
AVG	.095	.167
OBP	.208	.286
SLG	.095	.167
OPS	.304	.452

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Victor Mesa Jr.
G	21	14
PA	78	48
H	15	6
HR	3	1
RBI	10	2
BB	11	5
SO	25	17
SB	1	2
AVG	.227	.140
OBP	.346	.229
SLG	.394	.209
OPS	.740	.438

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Victor Mesa Jr.
G	144	74
PA	578	262
H	127	60
HR	26	14
RBI	86	34
SB	11	9
AVG	.266	.255
OBP	.389	.323
SLG	.484	.489
OPS	.874	.812
ISO	.218	.234
BB%	16.3%	8.8%
K%	27.0%	20.2%
wOBA	.384	.352
wRC+	145	123
WAR	4.4	1.4

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	Victor Mesa Jr.
G	743	88
PA	2,540	300
H	487	66
2B	100	9
3B	7	3
HR	84	15
RBI	297	40
BB	321	28
SO	725	58
SB	50	9
AVG	.223	.247
SLG	.391	.472
WAR	6.2	1.5

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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.