Head to head · 2026 batting

Brandon Lowe vs Ben Rice

In 2026 Brandon Lowe has been worth 0.2 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.

Both among the 25 most valuable hitters of 2026 by dbWAR.

Brandon Lowe PIT

Ben Rice NYY

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Brandon Lowe	Ben Rice
G	150	154
PA	656	667
H	152	151
HR	35	41
RBI	96	97
SB	2	3
AVG	.260	.264
OBP	.331	.363
SLG	.493	.534
OPS	.824	.897
ISO	.233	.271
BB%	9.5%	12.7%
K%	28.8%	24.3%
wOBA	.356	.386
wRC+	121	142
WAR	4.6	4.4

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	Brandon Lowe	Ben Rice
G	29	11
PA	120	43
H	13	12
HR	5	5
RBI	9	13
BB	7	5
SO	47	14
SB	0	0
AVG	.115	.324
OBP	.167	.395
SLG	.257	.784
OPS	.423	1.179

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	Brandon Lowe	Ben Rice
G	893	337
PA	3,650	1,375
H	809	296
2B	155	58
3B	13	8
HR	192	74
RBI	542	185
BB	344	155
SO	1,006	310
SB	35	6
AVG	.250	.248
SLG	.483	.497
WAR	23.8	6.8

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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.