Head to head · 2026 batting

Harrison Bader vs Byron Buxton

In 2026 Byron Buxton has been worth 3.3 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.

Teammates: two of the 3 most valuable hitters on the 2025 Minnesota Twins.

Harrison Bader SF

Byron Buxton MIN

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Harrison Bader	Byron Buxton
G	30	93
PA	111	408
H	18	94
HR	5	25
RBI	14	46
SB	0	7
AVG	.170	.254
OBP	.198	.319
SLG	.358	.511
OPS	.557	.829
ISO	.189	.257
BB%	3.6%	7.4%
K%	30.6%	24.5%
wOBA	.238	.355
wRC+	45	128
WAR	-0.4	2.9

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	Harrison Bader	Byron Buxton
G	26	4
PA	76	7
H	15	1
HR	5	0
RBI	10	1
BB	6	0
SO	24	4
SB	3	2
AVG	.238	.143
OBP	.342	.143
SLG	.476	.143
OPS	.818	.286

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	Harrison Bader	Byron Buxton
G	913	959
PA	3,157	3,825
H	697	862
2B	135	196
3B	14	32
HR	93	193
RBI	336	482
BB	218	264
SO	777	1,078
SB	105	124
AVG	.244	.248
SLG	.400	.490
WAR	10.2	22.9

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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.