Head to head · 2026 batting

Lars Nootbaar vs Taylor Ward

In 2026 Taylor Ward has been worth 0.3 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.

Lars Nootbaar STL

Taylor Ward BAL

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Lars Nootbaar	Taylor Ward
G	90	143
PA	334	607
H	68	112
HR	8	7
RBI	33	37
SB	2	4
AVG	.239	.225
OBP	.342	.359
SLG	.379	.311
OPS	.721	.670
ISO	.140	.086
BB%	13.8%	16.3%
K%	21.0%	21.4%
wOBA	.323	.316
wRC+	108	102
WAR	0.9	1.2

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, 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 table above.
Statistic	Lars Nootbaar	Taylor Ward
G	604	838
PA	2,296	3,440
H	475	727
2B	98	144
3B	10	9
HR	66	120
RBI	227	382
BB	298	379
SO	466	819
SB	30	28
AVG	.241	.243
SLG	.402	.417
WAR	8.8	11.7

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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.