Head to head · 2026 NLDS batting

William Contreras vs Jackson Merrill

In 2026 the two have been worth the same 3.6 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 NLDS, where the Milwaukee Brewers won 3-1 over the San Diego Padres.

William Contreras MIL

Jackson Merrill SD

Postseason

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

2026 NLDS.
Statistic	William Contreras	Jackson Merrill
G	4	4
PA	18	17
H	6	3
HR	2	0
RBI	2	0
BB	2	0
SO	1	6
SB	0	1
AVG	.375	.176
OBP	.444	.176
SLG	.750	.176
OPS	1.194	.353

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	William Contreras	Jackson Merrill
G	31	16
PA	127	64
H	33	16
HR	5	2
RBI	14	9
BB	12	5
SO	24	16
SB	1	2
AVG	.287	.281
OBP	.354	.333
SLG	.452	.474
OPS	.807	.807

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	William Contreras	Jackson Merrill
G	147	157
PA	640	664
H	153	156
HR	18	26
RBI	94	87
SB	1	27
AVG	.270	.254
OBP	.341	.303
SLG	.417	.440
OPS	.758	.743
ISO	.147	.186
BB%	9.5%	6.2%
K%	14.7%	24.1%
wOBA	.332	.322
wRC+	109	106
WAR	3.6	3.6

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	Jackson Merrill
G	744	425
PA	3,160	1,740
H	755	434
2B	149	82
3B	6	17
HR	103	66
RBI	409	244
BB	344	103
SO	641	369
SB	24	44
AVG	.272	.270
SLG	.442	.465
WAR	21.6	11.3

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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.