Head to head · 2025 batting

Isiah Kiner-Falefa vs Kevin Newman

In 2025 Isiah Kiner-Falefa has been worth 1.6 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.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa PIT

Kevin Newman LAA

2025 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Kevin Newman
G	132	46
PA	459	116
H	113	23
HR	2	2
RBI	40	11
SB	15	1
AVG	.262	.202
OBP	.297	.209
SLG	.334	.272
OPS	.631	.481
ISO	.072	.070
BB%	3.7%	0.9%
K%	16.8%	19.8%
wOBA	.281	.209
wRC+	76	26
WAR	1.0	-0.6

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	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Kevin Newman
G	942	638
PA	3,536	2,343
H	852	562
2B	135	102
3B	16	12
HR	38	28
RBI	302	210
BB	196	120
SO	553	300
SB	108	47
AVG	.262	.259
SLG	.348	.355
WAR	8.1	4.0

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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.