Head to head · 2026 batting

Jeremy Peña vs Bobby Witt Jr.

In 2026 Bobby Witt Jr. has been worth 1.1 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 2025 by dbWAR.
Both near the front of the 2025 AL MVP race: among the league's 8 most valuable hitters by dbWAR.
Two of the 6 most valuable shortstops of 2025 by dbWAR.
Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Jeremy Peña HOU

Bobby Witt Jr.KC

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jeremy Peña	Bobby Witt Jr.
G	111	143
PA	483	632
H	124	156
HR	22	18
RBI	56	54
SB	12	45
AVG	.277	.280
OBP	.325	.358
SLG	.477	.439
OPS	.802	.797
ISO	.199	.159
BB%	5.0%	10.6%
K%	24.0%	17.2%
wOBA	.348	.346
wRC+	123	114
WAR	3.8	4.9

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	Jeremy Peña	Bobby Witt Jr.
G	28	6
PA	119	27
H	32	5
HR	5	0
RBI	10	2
BB	4	1
SO	26	6
SB	0	0
AVG	.286	.192
OBP	.316	.222
SLG	.473	.192
OPS	.789	.415

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	Jeremy Peña	Bobby Witt Jr.
G	678	769
PA	2,868	3,354
H	718	878
2B	129	184
3B	11	35
HR	86	123
RBI	303	427
BB	149	243
SO	584	596
SB	76	193
AVG	.272	.288
SLG	.427	.492
WAR	17.7	29.6

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

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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.