Head to head · 2026 batting

Yordan Alvarez vs Ben Rice

In 2026 Yordan Alvarez has been worth 3.1 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.

Yordan Alvarez HOU

Ben Rice NYY

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Yordan Alvarez	Ben Rice
G	158	154
PA	692	667
H	179	151
HR	42	41
RBI	106	97
SB	1	3
AVG	.316	.264
OBP	.432	.363
SLG	.601	.534
OPS	1.033	.897
ISO	.286	.271
BB%	15.8%	12.7%
K%	17.3%	24.3%
wOBA	.430	.386
wRC+	182	142
WAR	7.5	4.4

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	Yordan Alvarez	Ben Rice
G	835	337
PA	3,559	1,375
H	907	296
2B	190	58
3B	7	8
HR	212	74
RBI	599	185
BB	455	155
SO	686	310
SB	10	6
AVG	.300	.248
SLG	.578	.497
WAR	31.9	6.8

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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.