Head to head · 2026 batting

Will Benson vs Austin Wells

In 2026 Austin Wells has been worth 0.4 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.

Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Will Benson CIN

Austin Wells NYY

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Will Benson	Austin Wells
G	48	121
PA	114	388
H	18	62
HR	3	14
RBI	6	32
SB	1	4
AVG	.188	.186
OBP	.310	.292
SLG	.333	.332
OPS	.643	.624
ISO	.146	.147
BB%	14.0%	12.4%
K%	33.3%	26.5%
wOBA	.294	.284
wRC+	85	73
WAR	0.1	0.5

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	Will Benson	Austin Wells
G	2	26
PA	3	95
H	0	16
HR	0	2
RBI	0	11
BB	1	5
SO	1	32
SB	0	1
AVG	.000	.184
OBP	.333	.232
SLG	.000	.287
OPS	.333	.519

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	Will Benson	Austin Wells
G	388	370
PA	1,145	1,325
H	223	247
2B	46	53
3B	13	2
HR	40	52
RBI	124	171
BB	115	128
SO	381	322
SB	38	10
AVG	.221	.213
SLG	.410	.397
WAR	2.7	4.6

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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.