Head to head · 2024 batting

Ha-Seong Kim vs Whit Merrifield

In 2024 Ha-Seong Kim has been worth 1.9 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.

Ha-Seong Kim SD

Whit Merrifield PHI

2024 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Ha-Seong Kim	Whit Merrifield
G	121	94
PA	470	335
H	94	65
HR	11	4
RBI	47	15
SB	22	17
AVG	.233	.222
OBP	.330	.311
SLG	.370	.314
OPS	.700	.625
ISO	.136	.092
BB%	12.3%	10.4%
K%	16.4%	15.5%
wOBA	.311	.286
wRC+	100	82
WAR	2.5	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	Ha-Seong Kim	Whit Merrifield
G	622	1,138
PA	2,295	4,866
H	472	1,249
2B	85	256
3B	8	29
HR	52	94
RBI	226	485
BB	235	315
SO	444	774
SB	86	218
AVG	.235	.280
SLG	.363	.413
WAR	9.0	17.8

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More head to heads

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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.