Head to head · 2026 batting

Josh Naylor vs Bobby Witt Jr.

In 2026 Bobby Witt Jr. has been worth 4.7 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.

Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Josh Naylor SEA

Bobby Witt Jr.KC

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Josh Naylor	Bobby Witt Jr.
G	152	143
PA	650	632
H	156	156
HR	10	18
RBI	57	54
SB	30	45
AVG	.261	.280
OBP	.317	.358
SLG	.350	.439
OPS	.667	.797
ISO	.089	.159
BB%	6.9%	10.6%
K%	12.2%	17.2%
wOBA	.299	.346
wRC+	90	114
WAR	0.2	4.9

Postseason

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

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Josh Naylor	Bobby Witt Jr.
G	31	6
PA	132	27
H	36	5
HR	5	0
RBI	16	2
BB	6	1
SO	22	6
SB	2	0
AVG	.288	.192
OBP	.318	.222
SLG	.472	.192
OPS	.790	.415

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	Josh Naylor	Bobby Witt Jr.
G	895	769
PA	3,513	3,354
H	853	878
2B	169	184
3B	2	35
HR	114	123
RBI	492	427
BB	266	243
SO	536	596
SB	85	193
AVG	.268	.288
SLG	.429	.492
WAR	9.8	29.6

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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.