Head to head · 2026 NLDS batting

Jake Bauers vs Jackson Merrill

In 2026 Jake Bauers has been worth 0.8 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 NLDS, where the Milwaukee Brewers won 3-1 over the San Diego Padres.

Jake Bauers MIL

Jackson Merrill SD

Postseason

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

2026 NLDS.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Jackson Merrill
G	4	4
PA	17	17
H	3	3
HR	0	0
RBI	0	0
BB	4	0
SO	6	6
SB	0	1
AVG	.250	.176
OBP	.471	.176
SLG	.250	.176
OPS	.721	.353

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Jackson Merrill
G	21	16
PA	78	64
H	15	16
HR	3	2
RBI	10	9
BB	11	5
SO	25	16
SB	1	2
AVG	.227	.281
OBP	.346	.333
SLG	.394	.474
OPS	.740	.807

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Jackson Merrill
G	144	157
PA	578	664
H	127	156
HR	26	26
RBI	86	87
SB	11	27
AVG	.266	.254
OBP	.389	.303
SLG	.484	.440
OPS	.874	.743
ISO	.218	.186
BB%	16.3%	6.2%
K%	27.0%	24.1%
wOBA	.384	.322
wRC+	145	106
WAR	4.4	3.6

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	Jackson Merrill
G	743	425
PA	2,540	1,740
H	487	434
2B	100	82
3B	7	17
HR	84	66
RBI	297	244
BB	321	103
SO	725	369
SB	50	44
AVG	.223	.270
SLG	.391	.465
WAR	6.2	11.3

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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.