Head to head · 2026 World Series batting

William Contreras vs Richie Palacios

In 2026 William Contreras has been worth 1.9 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 World Series, where the Milwaukee Brewers won 4-1 over the Tampa Bay Rays.

William Contreras MIL

Richie Palacios TB

Postseason

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

2026 World Series.
Statistic	William Contreras	Richie Palacios
G	5	3
PA	23	10
H	8	0
HR	0	0
RBI	4	0
BB	2	0
SO	1	3
SB	1	0
AVG	.381	.000
OBP	.435	.000
SLG	.429	.000
OPS	.863	.000

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	William Contreras	Richie Palacios
G	31	10
PA	127	32
H	33	8
HR	5	0
RBI	14	4
BB	12	0
SO	24	8
SB	1	1
AVG	.287	.258
OBP	.354	.258
SLG	.452	.355
OPS	.807	.613

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	William Contreras	Richie Palacios
G	147	122
PA	640	399
H	153	81
HR	18	10
RBI	94	57
SB	1	17
AVG	.270	.235
OBP	.341	.330
SLG	.417	.374
OPS	.758	.704
ISO	.147	.139
BB%	9.5%	11.5%
K%	14.7%	17.0%
wOBA	.332	.319
wRC+	109	100
WAR	3.6	1.7

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	Richie Palacios
G	744	313
PA	3,160	988
H	755	204
2B	149	36
3B	6	3
HR	103	22
RBI	409	107
BB	344	111
SO	641	175
SB	24	44
AVG	.272	.238
SLG	.442	.364
WAR	21.6	3.6

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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.