Head to head · 2026 batting

Will Benson vs MJ Melendez

In 2026 Will Benson has been worth 0.1 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.

Will Benson CIN

MJ Melendez NYM

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Will Benson	MJ Melendez
G	48	55
PA	114	144
H	18	23
HR	3	4
RBI	6	11
SB	1	0
AVG	.188	.192
OBP	.310	.315
SLG	.333	.350
OPS	.643	.665
ISO	.146	.158
BB%	14.0%	11.8%
K%	33.3%	34.7%
wOBA	.294	.305
wRC+	85	92
WAR	0.1	0.0

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	Will Benson	MJ Melendez
G	388	485
PA	1,145	1,796
H	223	338
2B	46	80
3B	13	12
HR	40	56
RBI	124	174
BB	115	183
SO	381	487
SB	38	12
AVG	.221	.213
SLG	.410	.385
WAR	2.7	2.5

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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.