Head to head · 2026 batting

Austin Hays vs Austin Riley

In 2026 Austin Riley has been worth 1.0 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.

Austin Hays SD

Austin Riley ATL

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Austin Hays	Austin Riley
G	38	159
PA	105	630
H	28	124
HR	3	19
RBI	15	72
SB	0	9
AVG	.280	.219
OBP	.305	.290
SLG	.400	.364
OPS	.705	.654
ISO	.120	.145
BB%	3.8%	7.6%
K%	25.7%	31.9%
wOBA	.304	.292
wRC+	94	80
WAR	0.0	1.0

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	Austin Hays	Austin Riley
G	12	43
PA	35	178
H	4	35
HR	0	6
RBI	0	19
BB	4	11
SO	10	61
SB	0	0
AVG	.129	.213
OBP	.229	.275
SLG	.161	.354
OPS	.390	.629

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	Austin Hays	Austin Riley
G	704	980
PA	2,725	4,119
H	659	974
2B	145	189
3B	13	13
HR	86	188
RBI	327	555
BB	159	312
SO	609	1,112
SB	24	16
AVG	.263	.263
SLG	.434	.473
WAR	7.2	23.9

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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.