Head to head · 2026 batting

Shohei Ohtani vs Ben Rice

In 2026 Ben Rice has been worth 0.6 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.

Two of the 6 most valuable designated hitters of 2026 by dbWAR.

Shohei Ohtani LAD

Ben Rice NYY

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Shohei Ohtani	Ben Rice
G	135	154
PA	618	667
H	144	151
HR	30	41
RBI	81	97
SB	11	3
AVG	.275	.264
OBP	.377	.363
SLG	.512	.534
OPS	.889	.897
ISO	.237	.271
BB%	13.1%	12.7%
K%	24.6%	24.3%
wOBA	.379	.386
wRC+	143	142
WAR	3.8	4.4

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	Shohei Ohtani	Ben Rice
G	41	11
PA	192	43
H	37	12
HR	12	5
RBI	27	13
BB	33	5
SO	55	14
SB	2	0
AVG	.239	.324
OBP	.379	.395
SLG	.510	.784
OPS	.889	1.179

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	Shohei Ohtani	Ben Rice
G	1,153	337
PA	4,947	1,375
H	1,194	296
2B	218	58
3B	49	8
HR	310	74
RBI	750	185
BB	622	155
SO	1,256	310
SB	176	6
AVG	.281	.248
SLG	.574	.497
WAR	41.9	6.8

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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.