Head to head · 2026 batting

Austin Hays vs Max Kepler

So far in 2026 Austin Hays has been worth 0.5 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.

Austin Hays SD

Max Kepler AZ

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Austin Hays	Max Kepler
G	33	41
PA	94	145
H	24	27
HR	3	2
RBI	12	15
SB	0	0
AVG	.267	.205
OBP	.287	.262
SLG	.400	.303
OPS	.687	.565
ISO	.133	.098
BB%	3.2%	7.6%
K%	26.6%	22.1%
wOBA	.294	.251
wRC+	87	53
WAR	-0.1	-0.6

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	Austin Hays	Max Kepler
G	699	1,223
PA	2,714	4,870
H	655	1,010
2B	145	231
3B	13	16
HR	86	181
RBI	324	575
BB	158	471
SO	607	914
SB	24	38
AVG	.262	.234
SLG	.434	.421
WAR	7.1	12.1

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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.