Head to head · 2026 batting

Austin Hays vs Jackson Merrill

So far in 2026 Jackson Merrill has been worth 3.7 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

Jackson Merrill SD

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Austin Hays	Jackson Merrill
G	33	151
PA	94	641
H	24	151
HR	3	26
RBI	12	86
SB	0	26
AVG	.267	.255
OBP	.287	.305
SLG	.400	.447
OPS	.687	.751
ISO	.133	.191
BB%	3.2%	6.2%
K%	26.6%	24.0%
wOBA	.294	.325
wRC+	87	110
WAR	-0.1	3.6

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	Jackson Merrill
G	699	419
PA	2,714	1,717
H	655	429
2B	145	81
3B	13	17
HR	86	66
RBI	324	243
BB	158	102
SO	607	363
SB	24	43
AVG	.262	.271
SLG	.434	.468
WAR	7.1	11.4

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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.