Head to head · 2026 batting

Ke'Bryan Hayes vs Jacob Young

So far in 2026 Jacob Young has been worth 3.4 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.

Ke'Bryan Hayes CIN

Jacob Young WSH

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Ke'Bryan Hayes	Jacob Young
G	72	126
PA	233	453
H	32	100
HR	5	10
RBI	9	48
SB	1	18
AVG	.147	.248
OBP	.202	.317
SLG	.234	.389
OPS	.436	.706
ISO	.087	.141
BB%	5.6%	7.3%
K%	20.6%	16.6%
wOBA	.200	.315
wRC+	18	94
WAR	-1.5	1.9

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	Ke'Bryan Hayes	Jacob Young
G	692	416
PA	2,775	1,459
H	623	322
2B	109	62
3B	18	6
HR	47	15
RBI	234	127
BB	188	100
SO	567	264
SB	64	79
AVG	.244	.247
SLG	.356	.338
WAR	4.1	3.3

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More head to heads

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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.