Head to head · 2026 batting

William Contreras vs Will Smith

In 2026 William Contreras 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.

Two of the 6 most valuable catchers of 2025 by dbWAR.

William Contreras MIL

Will Smith LAD

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	William Contreras	Will Smith
G	147	73
PA	640	276
H	153	61
HR	18	10
RBI	94	34
SB	1	0
AVG	.270	.260
OBP	.341	.355
SLG	.417	.426
OPS	.758	.781
ISO	.147	.166
BB%	9.5%	12.3%
K%	14.7%	16.3%
wOBA	.332	.348
wRC+	109	121
WAR	3.6	2.0

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	William Contreras	Will Smith
G	31	80
PA	127	335
H	33	61
HR	5	10
RBI	14	39
BB	12	32
SO	24	76
SB	1	1
AVG	.287	.204
OBP	.354	.284
SLG	.452	.358
OPS	.807	.641

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	William Contreras	Will Smith
G	744	792
PA	3,160	3,222
H	755	722
2B	149	137
3B	6	10
HR	103	138
RBI	409	476
BB	344	364
SO	641	599
SB	24	12
AVG	.272	.263
SLG	.442	.471
WAR	21.6	26.2

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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.