Head to head · 2026 batting

Yordan Alvarez vs Shohei Ohtani

In 2026 Yordan Alvarez 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.

Two of the 6 most valuable designated hitters of 2026 by dbWAR.
Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Yordan Alvarez HOU

Shohei Ohtani LAD

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Yordan Alvarez	Shohei Ohtani
G	158	135
PA	692	618
H	179	144
HR	42	30
RBI	106	81
SB	1	11
AVG	.316	.275
OBP	.432	.377
SLG	.601	.512
OPS	1.033	.889
ISO	.286	.237
BB%	15.8%	13.1%
K%	17.3%	24.6%
wOBA	.430	.379
wRC+	182	143
WAR	7.5	3.8

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	Yordan Alvarez	Shohei Ohtani
G	62	41
PA	260	192
H	64	37
HR	12	12
RBI	41	27
BB	31	33
SO	71	55
SB	0	2
AVG	.288	.239
OBP	.385	.379
SLG	.536	.510
OPS	.921	.889

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	Yordan Alvarez	Shohei Ohtani
G	835	1,153
PA	3,559	4,947
H	907	1,194
2B	190	218
3B	7	49
HR	212	310
RBI	599	750
BB	455	622
SO	686	1,256
SB	10	176
AVG	.300	.281
SLG	.578	.574
WAR	31.9	41.9

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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.